paraudolia

Paraudolia is the hearing of tunes, songs, and words where the are not found as usually defined. They are not created intentionally by man (or "aliens"). As in words heard on records played backwards. These are opposed to words, songs and tunes created intentionally by humans (or "aliens"). Also opposed to hearing words or melodies in raindrops, white noise, bell ringing, or when tired, as these are types of auditory hallucinations. Paraudolia is to sound, as pareidolia is to visual imagery.

"He played a Beatles record backwards and heard seven words in a row that had nothing to do with the sounds and music when played forward, it was pure paraudolia."

by fred ressler September 22, 2008

Pareidolia

Pareidolia is the phenomena of seeing faces/figures/forms in patterns; as opposed to where one normally sees faces/figures/forms (on animals including people/landscapes etc.)

Pareidolia is seeing what appears to the individual to be a representation of a face, figure, or form in the clouds, wood grain, marble, smoke, shadows, or any non-homogeneous area. It can also be an auditory phenomenon as in hearing white noise or a record played backward that sounds to the individual like words or a melody that isn't actually there.

by fred ressler September 19, 2008

Amongus Pareidolia

A type of pareidolia that happens when someone sees an object that vaguely resembles the characters of the game “among us”

Look at this egg shape, kind of sus! I think amongus pareidolia destroyed my brain.

by Make it stop February 23, 2021

Paradolia

Paradolia is the phenomenon of finding familiar images in random scenes, like faces in clouds or religious icons in root vegetables, water stains and even tortillas.

While rolling tortillas for her husband, Mrs. Gonzales saw a paradolia of the face Jesus in a tortilla.

by Chet LAX April 8, 2010

pareidolia4k

A sub-par streamer that used to do g2a 10$ steam key giveaway back in 2015, a GOD-LIKE Resident Evil and Silent Hill connoisseur. His career skyrocketed by the power of 12 years old who loves Welcome To The Game 2 and his love for edgy memes. Seen often with his best mate Miradaur who they have a love-hate relationship. Has an evil double named pareidokia57k.

Guy 1 : Wow this dude is such Pareidolia4k
Guy 2 : Who is that ?

Guy 1 : A handsome man that streams on twitch.tv/pareidolia4k

by sweet_babyboi_69 January 29, 2020

Paradoxial Hipster

a person who is a hipster simply because everyone else is therefore contradicting themselves.

Person 1: "I want to be a hipster like everyone else!"
Person 2: "Sounds like a Paradoxial Hipster!"

by hipsterjoe May 6, 2011

pareidolia

Misperception of an ambiguous stimulus as something specific.

Seeing faces in clouds is an example of pareidolia.

by Loadmaster July 21, 2004