Looking it up just kinda feels like cheating, y’know? Or at least throwing in the towel.

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    11 months ago

    Generally it is literally called a “tip-of-the-tongue” state in psych literature. Presque vu is the “fancy” french term for it, and means almost seen, similar to deja vu (already seen).

    E: as a sidenote, I am fairly sure Vsauce had a video on this.