Brain Blip Helpers

A brain blip may be mildly irritating, although all things being equal your brain will sooner or later likely come up with the word you were searching for. When I have been making a public presentation and my brain cannot seem to locate the word I want, I simply ask the audience for the word and without exception someone could fill in the word for me. Embarrassing? Not at all. Brain blips happen to everyone I dare say. It makes those who figured out the word I was searching for feel good about being able to help the speaker. As we get older and learn more new words, sometimes you can grab a synonym and continue with what you are doing without anyone even realizing that you had experienced a brain blip.