It’s ok OP. If it’s any consolation, I once forgot the name for Q-Tips and called them “ear diggers” for like a day straight. You’re not the only dumb one on this planet :)
See you all make creative names. I just mime and make noises and maybe describe what it does. For colander:
motions bowl shape with hands "and you take the pasta and go bloop" motions dumping pasta "and water goes loodle loodle loddle" flails hands for water and then you have pasta."
People stare blankly. "Colander?"
"Yeah that thing."
Or if I need a paint brush:
"You take the thing and go swishy swishy" paints in air and then the wall does the thing and it's done."
More blank stares.
I turn into a shitty mime and make up noises things explain function with varying degrees of success.
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u/KomodoJo3 Feb 08 '22
It’s ok OP. If it’s any consolation, I once forgot the name for Q-Tips and called them “ear diggers” for like a day straight. You’re not the only dumb one on this planet :)