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Word of the dayMind-pop Noun /mahynd-pop/📌
Psychology Informal. A word, phrase, image, or sound that comes into the mind suddenly and involuntarily and is usually related to a recent experience.
Citation:Mind-pops are more often words or phrases than images or sounds and they usually happen when someone is in the middle of a habitual activity that does not demand much concentration—perhaps when they are brushing their teeth or tying their shoes. — Ferris Jabr, "Mind-Pops: Psychologists Begin to Study an Unusual form of Proustian Memory," Scientific American, May 23, 2012@ielts_bot#wod