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aphantasia 

is the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. The phenomenon was first described by Francis Galton in 1880 but has since remained relatively unstudied
I HAVE aphantasia SO I CAN'T SEE PICTURES IN MY HEAD.

WAIT REALLY? PICTURE AN APPLE WHAT DO YOU SEE?

NOTHING!!
aphantasia by LOOKSLIKEIMNOTOKAY November 4, 2022
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aphantasia 

Aphantasia is a misnomer, commonly referring to the inability to create pictures or images within your head. It affects less than 2% of the population. It does not affect visual memory or imagination/creativity.
A good metaphor is if you imagine your brain as a computer, your eyes as a keyboard, and your mind's eye as a monitor. The computer and keyboard still work, but the monitor is unplugged.
"I have aphantasia."
"What is that?"
"It's a condition that means I can't visualize something."
aphantasia by ShadowDev November 24, 2023

Aphantasiac

A person who has little to no ability to create mental images, and "sees" through concepts, feelings, and/or inner narration
The aphantasiac mapped out the room in their head without ever visualizing it
Aphantasiac by theyear2763 February 8, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
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