Is there a word to describe:

When you forget what you were about to say?

or

When you know you had something to tell someone, but you can’t remember what it was?

I was thinking about this last night and realised I knew the very word for what you are describing.

But now I’ve forgotten it. Sorry. Perhaps you should make one up - it seems to me we need one.

J.

Deja Who?
I dunno, it was right on the tip of my tongue.

When you DO remember; but a bit too late it’s called esprit de l’escalier; For when you have the bon mot [the witty reply] but only after you’re halfway up [or down] the staircase.

I personally have a terrible disease it’s called Sometimers; sometimes I remember, sometimes I don’t.

V.

Alzenhei…...........

While aphasia is technically due to brain damage, I have oft heard people describe the experience of not being able to come up with the word they want as being aphasic.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0362700.html

[quote author=k8ie.millard link=board=what;num=1171949347;start=0#0 date=02/20/07 at 00:29:07]Is there a word to describe:

When you forget what you were about to say?

or

When you know you had something to tell someone, but you can’t remember what it was?

senior moments. doesn’t it sound kinda cuddly?

v.

Also renoir moments, when you can’t remember the word, but you can picture it quite well.