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.
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?
by Ecco of Ithaca April 24, 2025
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by billyboiii101 January 27, 2024
Get the Jurgen klopp memorial daymug. “i’ve been learning a lot of trigonometry in college recently”
“i can see that from your Big Memory Bank”
“i can see that from your Big Memory Bank”
by Fregliegh March 25, 2022
Get the Big Memory Bankmug. by anonymous April 3, 2023
Get the Memory of a rockmug. Alice: so you won a lottery after the bar fight but aliens stole the cash... are you sure you're not making this up?
Bob: I admit it's a complex memory.
Bob: I admit it's a complex memory.
by johnaoeboecoedoe May 26, 2013
Get the complex memorymug. 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
*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.
by Emotional Cruiser September 24, 2025
Get the cringe memorymug. ‘But at least I have the memory…’ is a line from a song by the American musician & artist, Ariana Grande.
This line is at 2:33 on ‘Thinking Bout You’, a song by Ariana Grande that was released in 2016, part of her ‘Dangerous Woman’ album.
People often refer this quote to remembering something that is gone.
This line is at 2:33 on ‘Thinking Bout You’, a song by Ariana Grande that was released in 2016, part of her ‘Dangerous Woman’ album.
People often refer this quote to remembering something that is gone.
1: ‘What’s your favorite line from the album ‘Dangerous Woman’ by Ariana Grande?’
2: ‘“But at least I have the memory…” from ‘Thinking Bout You’!’
2: ‘“But at least I have the memory…” from ‘Thinking Bout You’!’
by MrPatch December 22, 2023
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