The experience of perceiving something familiar as if encountering it for the first time; the opposite of déjà vu.
From French 'jamais vu' (never seen). Stare at a common word long enough and it looks alien — that's jamais vu. Your brain temporarily forgets what it knows.
Say any word 50 times fast and suddenly it sounds ALIEN — that's jamais vu! Your brain looks at something it KNOWS and goes 'wait, what IS this?' The opposite of déjà vu and honestly MORE unsettling! 😳â“
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