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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Is there a word for this type of hypersimplification to evoke wonder? If not, can we coin one?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

A few simple words that just turned my reality upside down? I'm sure Germans have one

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This is definitely Numberwang!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Ein aha-erlebnis

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Realitätsverschiebung?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Saganumenousness.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My suggestion: Simplificatio Adstupefaciendi - A simplification with the purpose to astonish.

On top of sounding cool it is already astonishing to remember and to be able to spell it!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Too much like a Harry Potter spell tho

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Releasing the kraken

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