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stranger
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There is a word for when you learn something new and references to what you just learned start popping up immediately.
What is that word?
Thanks,
Brad
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Carpal Tunnel
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I don't know that there is a word for this phenomenon unless you count the one coined by the folks at wordorigins.“Diegogarcity”: A term used on this board to denote the appearance of a term in multiple sources shortly after you have looked it up in the dictionary.
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Pooh-Bah
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Passive review is as close as I could come. Now you're probably ahead of me on this, but if not, go to OneLook's Reverse Dictionary and enter something like
learning triggers recall
dalehileman
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Pooh-Bah
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Hi Brad
Synchronicity might be the word you are looking for? I was trying to remember it and saw it on another thread - case in point.
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Carpal Tunnel
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I don't know that there is a word for this phenomenon unless you count the one coined by the folks at wordorigins.“Diegogarcity”: A term used on this board to denote the appearance of a term in multiple sources shortly after you have looked it up in the dictionary. from the original wordorigins discussion also comes "plate o' shrimp phenomenon", an allusion to "Repo Man". - joe (serendipity) friday
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BTW, in a stunning bit of.. hmm.. reverse-diegogarcity, I recently read this article by Simon Winchester.
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