We’re all familiar with deja vu: eerie familiarity with something unfamiliar.
And Joseph Heller, in Catch-22 , mentions presque vu and jamais vu. A web search reveals:
Jamais vu: never seen. Something familiar that seems totally strange.
Presque vu: almost seen. A moment of clarity in which absolute truth is almost seen.
Are there other vus? It seems that there should be – and is that, itself, a vu? The feeling that something should exist, although it doesn’t.
He thought he was the King of America, where they pour Coca-Cola just like vintage wine.
Randez vu: The feeling of not being sure if you were going to meet someone later or not.
Asse vu: The feeling of not being sure if you had relations with that person or not.
I’ll think of some more.
Psst, it’s Rendez Vu (actually Vous)
And I’m not sure what you mean by Asse… perhaps Assez, meaning enough?
As for other Vu’s, and isnt this just a great opportunity for humour?
C’est a vu? The feeling that a less-than-desirable object couldn’t possibly belong to you…
C’etait vu? The feeling that someone else must be making those vile smells in the back of your car on I-95…
etc…
“C’mon, it’s not even tomorrow yet…” - Rupert
If you need a graphic solution, http:\ alk.to\Piglet
There’s also Vuja De, the feeling that none of this has ever happened before.
The Dave-Guy
Thuy Vu:
I think she musta grabbed that name quick in order to get a job at KTVU (reporting the news):http://www.bayinsider.com/partners/ktvu/whoswho/thuy_vu.html
Ray (Ngò’nh Nh~us is gh`údh gnus.)
TBone2
January 30, 2000, 8:57am
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DAVE, you missed the proper definition of “vuja de .” Whether the event has or has not happened, vuja de means “I am POSITIVE I have never been here, doing this thing, before.”
I don’t know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free…
T
I’m sure you all mean Vandy U. (Vanderbuilt University)–the certain knowledge that the University football team is gonna get it’s ass whupped.
With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D, and you still have the frog you started with.
Then there’s D.J. Vu: The feeling that you keep hearing the same crap over and over on the radio.
Talk about eerie…
