# What word is on the tip of my tongue that I can't remember??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976 "2013-09-30T03:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/21 "2013-09-30T21:59:46Z")
California is also remarkably tectonic. Whole lotta shakin’ going down. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/22 "2013-10-01T02:40:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Catatonic? No, that’s in Spain, not California. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/23 "2013-10-01T04:03:15Z")
Congressional? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/24 "2013-10-01T04:26:37Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Catatonic? > [@Askance](#): > > No, that’s in Spain, not California. But there are a lot of catatonics _in_ California. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/25 "2013-10-01T04:42:53Z")
lispizthtic ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/26 "2013-10-01T17:33:21Z")
Pathogenic? Gin and tonic? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/27 "2013-10-02T02:22:43Z")
Taste bud? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/28 "2013-10-02T03:14:40Z")
Cachectic? I don’t know if this applies to California or not. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/29 "2013-10-02T03:15:53Z")
Cocaine? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/30 "2013-10-03T01:18:18Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > I referred to a boss as “spastic” once; it kind of has the meaning you’re looking for. Well, he did, especially. Spastic has to do with muscles and muscle spasms. It relates to very specific diseases. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/31 "2013-10-06T19:25:31Z")
Hypochondric? Somatic? Masochistic? Schizoid? Arrogant? Narcissistic? (I think this one makes the most sense. . .) Psychotic? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/32 "2013-10-06T21:17:02Z")
I thought California was _copacetic_ or maybe _frenetic_ ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/33 "2013-10-06T21:42:26Z")
I’m betting on psychotic. ---
**Author:** ![dunx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dunx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunx)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/34 "2013-12-01T02:39:28Z")
Self defeating, Contradictory or Counterproductive behaviour. Pathological (this is usually an adjective for another type of condition) Pathologically counterproductive. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976/35 "2013-12-02T11:29:47Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Schizophrenia isn’t the same as multiple personalities disorder though, but it is sometimes mistakenly used that way. Long ago, in a Psychology class, the teacher told us "If there are two things you remember from this course, they are: 1. Schizophrenia is not multiple personality, and 2. " I don’t remember what the second thing was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-is-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-that-i-cant-remember/669976.md?page=1)