People are sharing the embarrassing moments when they just couldn’t think of the right word – 23 favourites

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I was going for butterfly the other day, but had to settle for flappy bug.

— Adria (@AKingfisher65) October 7, 2019

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My husband once forgot the word “memory” and called it “visions of the past”. You’re in good company.

— Tina Sesselmann (@TinaSesselmann) October 8, 2019

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My friend was exhausted on vacation and couldn’t think of the words “lie down” or “horizontal”, and instead said she needed to get lateral.

— Back On My Boosh*t 👻 (@Amber815) October 7, 2019

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lol. This happened to me the other day at the pharmacy, when I was trying to set up one of my elderly mom’s medications for automatic… renewals? Re-ups (watching too much Wire)? Reloads? The pharmacist bailed me out: “You want auto refills on this?”

— Devin Nunes’s Nana (@myerschrisj) October 8, 2019

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I once forgot the word for people who break the law and called them “crime people” instead of criminals. Happens to the best of us.

— Nina Myers (@myers_nina) October 8, 2019

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I couldn’t remember the word for font and got frustrated and said “you know, the way the words look.” 😳

— Birdie🐦💨 (@BirdieToots) October 7, 2019

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I once couldn’t remember the word seahorse and so I called it a horsefish.

— Jill Scheyk (@MaximumJill) October 8, 2019

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I once forgot the word for hands and called them the “top feet”

— Megan Sherlock (@MegSherlock) October 8, 2019

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When my 1st kid was just days old, I needed a nursing bra. I was so tired that when I walked into the store, I said “I need something for these,” and started to lift up my shirt. Only the look of horror on the clerk’s face stopped me from lifting further.

— EdenN. (@EdenNameri) October 8, 2019

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Couldn’t remember the word “railing” and instead said “upstairs fence”.

— Poultergeist 🏳️‍🌈 (@KarmaPo_Po) October 7, 2019

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Asked my partner to pass the pancake ketchup the other day

— Max Phrase (@PhrosenPhrase) October 8, 2019

We’re with this person.

Umm I only ever want people to ask me if I want to have food appointments with them from now until I die. We can have midday food appointments or night time food appointments. It’ll be like living in a weird future. I’m all in on this.

— Kristin Stahlman (@KristinStahlman) October 7, 2019

And we liked this too.

We’re taking notes.

— Thesaurus.com (@thesauruscom) October 7, 2019

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