“I’m looking for the…ummmm…the thing you shovel stuff into your mouth with…”
“Do you mean a FORK?”
“Yes, that’s it! Thank you!”
Does this ever happen to you? When you forget a very common word or phrase for some reason and you just CAN’T figure it out, no matter how hard you try?
I think it’s safe to say this happens to a lot of us from time to time and, hey, there’s no shame in that! We all have brain freezes here and there and it’s just the way it is.
But these folks were brave enough to go public with their epic mistakes…and we think you’ll find them to be very funny…
Let’s take a look at their colossal mistakes.
1. Fire on a stick.
I kind of like this.
I forgot the word "torch" earlier today so I googled "fire on a stick." I have two degrees in English.
— skepanie (@goodhairperson) September 24, 2014
2. This is cute.
Just go with it.
My ex-boyfriend was Swiss and couldn’t remember the word for calf – he called it a “puppy cow.” Still one of the cutest things I’ve heard.
— Drey ? (@dreysayes) March 8, 2020
3. Get out the gremlin holder.
What’s it called again?
I couldn’t remember the word “stroller” so I called it a “gremlin holder” but, sure, I’ll be your kid’s godmother.
— Kendra Alvey (@Kendragarden) April 25, 2016
4. The Draculas!
Now we’re getting spooky.
Reminds me of this, which I CHERISH: pic.twitter.com/LdZNvcIebn
— Jojo ??❤?? (@TheOutlawJosie) March 8, 2020
5. Just do it!
The number alphabet, I mean.
i couldn’t remember the word “counting” so i told my friend to “do the number alphabet.”
— GARTH ?? ???? ?? ?? ?????? (@garbagecoven) January 23, 2017
6. So good.
And pretty adorable.
My girlfriend is Dutch, and when she couldn’t remember the word ‘slug’ she called it “a snail without a house” ?
— Amy Gainford BLM ?️? (@amy_gainford) March 8, 2020
7. A great book.
And now it has a new title.
I taught English in Korea and one of my favorite comments from an adult learner was “I like that Hemingway! What’s the book again? ‘Bye Bye Guns’? (A Farewell to Arms) ?❤️
— Leti (@letix1a) March 8, 2020
8. Where’s mother?
The mother of the egg, I mean.
This is like that tweet where the man didn’t know how to ask for chicken in English and points at an egg and says “Where Mother?”
— ?? (@SuckOnMyDICtion) March 8, 2020
9. Good thing he knew what you meant.
Or else that could’ve been embarrassing…
I forgot the French word for matches when in a supermarket and asked for “the little pieces of wood with fire”. The guy I asked knew what I meant.
— Isla Aitken (@IslaAitken) March 8, 2020
10. I think I know what you’re talking about.
But let’s go over it again, just in case.
My boyfriend forgot the word for ‘sandwich’ and explained it as such:
“WHAT DO YOU CALL BREAD, THEN FOOD AND THEN MORE BREAD?”
xD
— Lisa (@AWeirdLisa) March 7, 2017
11. It’s almost dark time.
You mean “night”, don’t you?
A friend of mine (who’s first language IS English, forgot the word for night once and referred to it as the dark time.
— Phil Daniel (@philipo81) March 8, 2020
12. The angry bees.
Pretty accurate, though.
My first language is also French and once during an internship I forgot the word “wasp” so I went with “angry bee” and I think that’s good
— Camcam la nouvelle vie à Annecy ?? (@caminonodes) March 8, 2020
13. Makes perfect sense.
He wasn’t wrong!
My husband is also french and doesn’t know the word for boogers so one day he told me my “nose was pooping”.
— a b r i l (@depuravida) March 8, 2020
Those are hilarious!
Now we’d like to hear from you.
In the comments, tell us your own personal stories about forgetting words and phrases and tell us what happened.
Please and thank you!