# Memory is the first thing to go

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-is-the-first-thing-to-go/972182
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-is-the-first-thing-to-go/972182 "2022-09-25T02:46:35Z")
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### Author: ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-is-the-first-thing-to-go/972182/16 "2022-09-26T05:33:33Z")

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It’s very simple:

Earlier post in this thread:  
Northern\_Piper:

> The technical, SDMB approved term is **“threadnesia”**. (We won’t get into the other suggestions that didn’t make the cut. 😉)

From the thread:

> [@Why do we call Galileo by his first name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-call-galileo-by-his-first-name/774649):
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> When we talk about the great early astronomers, we refer to Brahe, Copernicus and Newton, not Tycho, Nicholas and Isaac. But we always refer to Galileo Galilei as Galileo, not Galilei. How come? confused

There were several other suggestions, one of which you made:

Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan:

> I dunno, I like **Northernesia**.

LSLGuy’s suggestion:

> I suggest **“Pipernesia”** for asking the same question years later. 😃

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