[ExI] Elusive word...

[Emlyn]

2008/12/12 Emlyn <emlynoregan at gmail.com>:
> A colleague of mine had an excellent idea the other day, that it'd be
> cool to have a handheld gadget (think a pen or mouse form factor) that
> is like a printing "brush", which you would wipe over a paper surface
> and it'd print on it; it'd track movement precisely, modelling its own
> movement in 2d, so you could be really sloppy with it and the print
> out would be great.
>
> Long story short, it already exists of course and here it is:
> http://www.rnpalm.com/printdreams.htm
>
> Now this has happened to all of us before; for some of us it's a daily
> occurrence. When you think of an idea, not only does it not turn out
> to be novel, but there are at least 10 instances of other people with
> the idea, and usually one or more fully realised commercial
> implementations (where that is appropriate).
>
> It occurred to me that there ought to be a word for it. And of course
> that there will already be a word for it (probably multiple). Anyone
> know what the word or words is/are?
>

No one came up with any suggestions for this word. It is the height of
irony if that word has not actually been coined.

Just to be clear, this is to name the act or moment of discovering via
google that your idea is completely non novel.

What I can think of off the top of my head:

- unlightenment
- noreka !
- conceptus interruptus (for a dog latin entry)
- ideagnorance
- dismusia
- gCrushed

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Emlyn

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