L, the Perpetually Exhaustedforgot the word for car bumper: "trunk butt" #aphasia #paraphasia
Today's #aphasia #paraphasia entry: "would you like a... round croissant?" It was a bagel.
me talking about a typewriter: I want you to know how long it took me to remember this wasn't called "a toolbox but for words" #aphasia #paraphasia
Today's #aphasia #paraphasia offering is "round potatoes" meaning bagels. Best I can figure, my brain was stuck on the circular shape of the bagel, and bagels and potatoes are both beige starchy foods that go in the toaster oven.
It's always interesting to see what linguistic connections there are in my brain. I don't get to pick the words when I'm having a paraphasia episode, so it's pure innate categorical substitution. Kind of neat.
Latest #aphasia #paraphasia inventions: "like decaf but for dairy"
Folks, I meant non-dairy
I also referred to the drain stopper as the lid
the #aphasia #paraphasia just got me good. was trying to say our smoke detector isn't a carbon monoxide detector, but all I had was "our... hot box... fire reader... smoke detector! doesn't read... air."
Today's adventures in #aphasia/ #paraphasia: the fireplace is now the "fire refrigerator"
my brain could not provide me the word "overheated," so instead it helpfully provided "sweat spicy"
me: "that's not what it's called, but where's the electricity exclamation point?"
Eric: "would you like the surge protector? the power strip?"
"the long line!"
"the extension cord?"
"YES"
"I understand how we got to 'exclamation point' now."
#aphasia #paraphasia
Eric: "would you like the surge protector? the power strip?"
"the long line!"
"the extension cord?"
"YES"
"I understand how we got to 'exclamation point' now."
#aphasia #paraphasia
This weekend I forgot what you call a pill minder (also known as a pill box or pill organizer or a dozen other things) despite the fact that it has a ton of actual names, because that's how #aphasia / #paraphasia works. Instead, my brain helpfully named the item a "medication cage." 