Haha my sympathies. Shiny crumb is a much better name for it. My 17yo forgot the word for “foal” in the summer and called it a “horse puppy” instead. I don’t think any one of us will ever use the word “foal” again…

— Mel clarke (@Bramptonmel) February 18, 2019

I forgot the word ‘articulate’ in an interview for a voluntary post and instead said ‘I’m good at saying things’. I am a criminal barrister

— Kathy Hirst (@kathy_hirst) February 18, 2019

Reminds me of my two year old daughter explaining a hot dog to me as a "meat pickle"

— Alistair Dove (@DrAlistairDove) February 18, 2019

One of my cleverest and most fabulous friends at university (now PhD in neuroscience) once forgot the word for what she wanted in a restaurant and tried to explain with “like a really REALLY wet salad”.

Soup.

She wanted soup.

— Wesley “THREE-JABS” Mallin (@wesleymallin) February 18, 2019

My former boss once answered the phone "Columbus Zoo, this is Mary!" We worked at Zoo Knoxville. And his name was Kevin.

— Heather #JesusWouldWearAMask (@becomingcliche) February 19, 2019

At least you didn't call it a Volvo.

— Heather #JesusWouldWearAMask (@becomingcliche) February 19, 2019

Just today, couldn't think of Mount Rushmore. Called it "North Dakota, with the faces." I'm the history librarian.

— Sarah Hays (@sbhays27) February 20, 2019

My name is Ellen and at the age of 30 I forgot the word for bathroom and the best I could come up with was ‘bum kitchen’. Fortunately my now-husband immediately knew what I meant, and also didn’t immediately leave me

— Ellen Gallagher (@SylvesterPolone) February 20, 2019

During a lecture on the Mannheim Orchestra, I couldn’t remember the term “tremolo,” so I described the orchestra’s fondness for decorating passages with the “nervous chihuahua” effect.

— The Manga Critic (@manga_critic) February 19, 2019

Not in the same delightful league, but in the final throes of writing SATC, I forgot the word 'fork' while sitting in a restaurant. I asked a waiter for "one of the metal things with four stabby fingers". Obviously, he looked at me like I was insane 😂

— Laurie Winkless (@laurie_winkless) February 19, 2019

One of the guys I used to work with forgot the name for a tape measure – called it a "how far machine" – it's passed into everyday vocabulary now!

— susan long (@hardleygirl) February 20, 2019

I once asked for that thing that’s “more than air, less than blanket.”

A sheet.

I wanted a sheet.

— Kat C. (@CallMeKat13) February 21, 2019

A friend once brain-froze looking for Doppler effect and just said ‘bing bing bing beeww’

— Elsa (@elsabirch) February 18, 2019