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1142087 No.1142087 [Reply] [Original]

Looking for a word that's specific to hearing a rarely heard expression or fact, then hearing about the same fact in a very small time frame under unrelated terms or with very different people.

In return, cute photos.

>> No.1142089

latretiction is the word I believe you're looking for.

No thanks necessary.

>> No.1142098

Thats not a word.

>> No.1142104
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>>1142098
It is now.

It means 'Hearing a rarely heard expression or fact, then hearing about it again in a very short amount of time in an unrelated situation.'

example:

Me: I just infibulated my girlfriend.
Friend: Wow. I was just talking to my mom about infibulation. What a latretiction this has turned out to be! Or rather, this is quite latretictious!

Be the first on your block to try it out! Show all the cool usage and grammarian wonks you know who the boss is!

>> No.1142108
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>>1142104
I uh... wow. Just no. It's not synchronicity or apophenia either...

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>>1142104
No.

>> No.1142111
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>>1142108
>he uses outdated pre-21st century words

>> No.1142115

1142104>› where did that sprite image come from?

>> No.1142124

>>1142111

They are the best words. Like,

abrogate
fulminate (in original sense)
cunctation

Feelthepowerofthearchaic.jpg

>> No.1142126

>>1142111

Cool new laughing girls, though.

>> No.1142139

You're reading a book and come across mudkipz.
Later the same day, you read about mudkipz in unrelated terms, this time on 4chan!

How latretictious!

>> No.1142141

I guess the word never existed? I swear I read an article about it somewhere online a few weeks ago.

>> No.1142143
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1142143

Forgot the animal doing cute things

>> No.1142145

>>1142143
I was just on a thread on a different board with cute animals!
>lactretiction

>> No.1142146

OP, it's called coincidence.

/thread

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>>1142115
L'Abbaye des morts, freeware game from Locomalito. Real nice programmer. His big freeware game- Hydorah- is monumental.

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1142165

I think it was an article was from 'Damn Interesting'... or something from hacker news.. arghhh

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1142168

IN YOUR FUCKING FACES, IT'S THE BAADER-MEINHOF PHENOMENON!

BOOM, INTERNET REMAINS VICTOLIOUS

>> No.1142177

>>1142168
what

>> No.1142184
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1142184

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Baader-Meinhof+Phenomenon

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>>1142168
Mother Russia makes it a flawless victory.

>> No.1142191

>>1142184
I love the satire, but baader-meinhor is kinda hard to pronounce in daily life.

>> No.1142193

>>1142187
baddest memorial statue or baddest memorial statue? It's so unbelievably massive. Nipples the size of full grown men. My work here is done, thank you /lit/.