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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A word for not being able... #141974 04/13/2005 12:24 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 25 aorto newbie aorto newbie Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 25 Is there a word for not being able to find the right word? I was trying to right today and kept coming up with lots of words to describe what I was trying to say but had this urge to find one word to succinctly state what was taking a lot of words to express. I'm not joking: I have roughly four or five descriptions beginning with 'is there a word for...?' Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A word for not being able... #141975 04/13/2005 3:53 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I suggest the proper term is "logophasia." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A word for not being able... #141976 04/13/2005 5:00 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass this is such a common thing that there seem to be several possibilities. the one I remember(!) is lethologica. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A word for not being able... #141977 04/13/2005 11:47 AM Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 25 aorto newbie aorto newbie Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 25 By jove, I think we've got it! Lethologica: the inability to remember a word or put your finger on the right word. Write on... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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