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army1987 comments on Open Thread, May 19 - 25, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 21 May 2014 05:17:58PM 1 point [-]

That's a particular subcase of it, when you know that there's a word for that concept and you've heard it but you can't remember it. But other times it's more like “there should be a word for this”.

Comment author: satt 21 May 2014 10:36:16PM 1 point [-]

But other times it's more like “there should be a word for this”.

However, that's distinct from what gmzamz asked about: occasions when "you do not have the colloquially accepted term" for something.