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Semantic satiation is a cognitive neuroscience phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who can only process the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. For example, say: “smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile….”.

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   ah! so that’s what it’s called.

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   for me, it’s “taco bell.” “taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell taco bell...

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    I USED TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME AS A KID. I had no idea it had a name, haha.

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    hate when this happens with proper names.

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    I hate that. Doesn’t require too many repetitions

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    time. I thought there was something wrong with me.

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    word “when”. Glad to know it has a name.

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