plinko's definitions

deja vu

n : the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before
It is an illusion of having already experienced something which in actual fact it is being experienced for the first time.

French : déjà, already + vu, seen

An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.

by plinko May 20, 2005