They also discuss listener’s own stories about saying “bread and butter” when companions step around an obstacle that divides them. We also promised words for the experience of noticing a word for the first time and then feeling like you’re seeing it everywhere. Here are a few: diegogarcity and the Recency Illusion. This is part of a complete episode.
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