Acronyms
The other day, I forgot the word “acronym”. The closest I could come up with was “abbreviation”. I use acronyms all the time, but rarely call them by their title. It was a weird experience. I tried to search for it on the google, but had no luck. Nothing I described in my search worked out. I kept getting actual acronyms, but never what they were called. It just clicked back in place for some reason. Use it or lose it, I suppose.
2008
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