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NNadir

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7. My career does not require Pareto analysis although my subsidiary nonprofessional...

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 4, 2025, 04:22 PM

Aug 4

...interests make it important to know.

The word "polymorph" is not something that occurs regularly in my profession, but it is something of which I would expect everyone in my field to know what's being described.

I'm sure if someone said the word to me, I'd immediately understand but the problem was that I couldn't say the word, find it, although I had the physical situation clearly in mind. I think I mumbled something awkward like "crystal structural variant" and hoped no one noticed the fudge, and said "You mean polymorph?" It might have been embarrassing.

It's as if a member of an orchestra forgets the b flat major scale. I don't know that scale but a musician should.

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I have a feeling I'm getting senile. It seems like every week, I come across the term Pareto analysis and have to... [View all] NNadir Aug 2 OP

Finds the words that go blank. UTUSN Aug 3 #1

That happens too. I was recently in a business meeting where the word "polymorph," a familiar word that... NNadir Aug 3 #2

Well, we notice, are aware, and describe well, so...? UTUSN Aug 3 #3

My career does not require Pareto analysis although my subsidiary nonprofessional... NNadir Aug 4 #7

Might not be something to concern you. malthaussen Aug 4 #6

Almost as offputting is the reaction of whoever witnesses the stoppage: UTUSN Aug 4 #8

Worst thing is that the word WAS there when you started speaking the sentence! BlueSpot Aug 5 #10

Yip, the missing word is definitely there in mind, together with the meaning and context. UTUSN Aug 6 #12

I commiserate; but snot Aug 3 #4

Aphasia. It happens as the brain cells start to rot after 40. malthaussen Aug 4 #5

I'm very glad to hear you came through so well. The good thing about this thread is that... NNadir Aug 5 #9

Sometimes a word or phrase is meant to impress others LogDog75 Aug 5 #11

All during my life when I heard a new word from someone, I'd say, "that's a cool word, I'm not familiar with it... NNadir Aug 6 #13