2 definitions by Old Ben

presque vu

The intense feeling of being at the brink of an epiphany. An extremely frustrating experience, since a breakthrough never arrives - and you are left without it, hoplessly dreaming it will show itself to you.

"I almost knew what it was I was about to realize, but it never came..."

by Old Ben March 19, 2005

jamais vu

Looking at something/someone you're familiar with, but having a memory of it, and no recollection of it. Everyone you know is somehow a bit of a stranger, and everything is new - but at the same time, you know it's jamais vu. Extremely confusing, and frustrating.

can't think of any

by Old Ben March 19, 2005