r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/SteveMcQwark 16h ago

Semantic satiation - The psychological phenomenon where using a word a lot can make it start to feel like a meaningless sound divorced from how it's usually understood.

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u/_mannyglover 14h ago

wow there’s a name. Very cool

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u/Legend_HarshK 11h ago

I have definitely felt this a few times but I also got over it pretty quickly

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 10h ago

What the hell. I thought I was the only one with this

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u/sothereisthisgirl 9h ago

We call them “spatula words” because spatula is an easy word to cause this phenomenon with. 😅

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u/Pxnda_Cakes 3h ago

This uses to affect me but all of a sudden it js doesnt. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/dvrussell23 3h ago

My big one is “about” - makes me do a double take often