stray memory

false memory created by strands / parts of old memories.

— hey remember that time i asked out natalie?
- - uhh that never happened?
— oh well. must’ve been a stray memory

stray memory by xy.k March 17, 2025

misplaced memory

noun

1. A memory that exists vividly in the mind but cannot be confidently traced to its source, often leaving the individual unsure whether the event was experienced directly, witnessed, dreamed, imagined, or absorbed from media or others.

2. A mental file stored in the wrong directory — mistakenly filed under personal experience instead of dreams, fiction, or observation.

Note:
Unlike “false memory,” a misplaced memory may not be inaccurate — only misfiled. The content can be real; it’s the origin that’s uncertain. Think of it like dragging a file into the wrong folder: the data’s intact, just somewhere it shouldn’t be.

I have this misplaced memory of hiding in a church basement during a flood, but I think it might’ve been a dream… or maybe a scene from a movie?

misplaced memory by Ecco of Ithaca April 24, 2025

cringe memory 

The phenomenon where we're ironically better in remembering embarrassing moments*

*compared to the moments when we've done all the things we should do

I was trying to recall my achievements, but all I could think about were the cringe memory, like the time I tripped in front of my crush during the school assembly.

cringe memory by Emotional Cruiser September 24, 2025

eidetic memory

Eidetic memory is the rare ability to recall a highly detailed image for a brief period after seeing it only once, without using any mnemonic device. While this phenomenon is most often observed in children, it's debated whether it exists in adults, and scientific evidence proving its reality is lacking. The ability is thought to involve strong brain connections, efficient synapses, and is sometimes associated with synesthesia, a neurological condition.

Did you see how fast Tania remembered every detail from that painting? She must have eidetic memory or something!

eidetic memory by Emotional Cruiser September 26, 2025

junkyard memory

The memory that you have in your brain, but still require you to revisit deeply — e.g. when you started high school in Japan on Tuesday, April 2nd 1991

You know those memories that need a little digging into? That’s a junkyard memory. Like when you started high school in Japan on Tuesday, April 2nd 1991—it’s there, but you have to sift through the layers to really recall it.

junkyard memory by Emotional Cruiser October 22, 2025

Covid Memory Fog

This is a way of defining a person who cannot or remembers very little of anything pre 2020/during the Covid Pandemic. This could be due to people's substance use during the pandemic or their inability to do anything with their lives. Including, binge watching anime for hours. Playing video games for hours. Drinking or smoking themselves to death. Or just flat out introverted behavior.

James: Hey we met before?
Earl: No i'm from New York
James: Yeah i went to high school in New York... you have Covid Memory Fog dude...
Or
James: do you remember the time we went to the bar and had that big fight with those 4 guys?
Earl: Fight? I've never fought ever?
James: Dude we were talking about it for weeks in College? You have Covid Memory Fog!

Covid Memory Fog by George Washington the 31st November 26, 2025

Flavor Memory

That feeling in your mouth after eating something and the taste lingers

The flavor memory of your mom is still on my tongue

Flavor Memory by Therizzlersmom6969 January 12, 2026