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tip-of-the-tongue

phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent
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tip-of-the-tongue

Summary

tip-of-the-tongue is a phenomenon[1]. tip-of-the-tongue draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #111 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • tip-of-the-tongue's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's subclass of is recorded as memory[4].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cl08r[5].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's described by source is recorded as The "Tip of the Tongue" Phenomenon[6].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's BBC Things ID is recorded as 97335e6b-7e6a-40ab-88e5-361b9ac9019c[7].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03245287n[8].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3258405[9].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as tip-of-the-tongue-phenomenon[10].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779663884[11].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910164245[12].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's Golden ID is recorded as Tip_of_the_tongue[13].
  • tip-of-the-tongue's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779663884[14].

Why It Matters

tip-of-the-tongue draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #111 of 290).[2] tip-of-the-tongue has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] tip-of-the-tongue is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . DBpedia. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . BabelNet. Retrieved . babelnet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tip-of-the-tongue_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tip-of-the-tongue}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tip-of-the-tongue}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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