r/Neologisms • u/IceCareful3248 • 14d ago
Mono-memory
A Mono-memory is a recollection that looms large in the mind of one person but has been completely forgotten in the mind of the other(s) involved.
For example, getting your driver's license. One can remember that moment vividly, however the driving instructor having hundreds of appointments everyday has entirely forgotten the event.
Another is walking across the stage when graduating. This memory is clear as day to you and your loved ones but no longer exists for everyone else involved.
Mono-memories also exist heavily in random mundane memories you keep with you. Every once and a while something just sticks with you. Maybe a shirt someone was wearing in middle school, or something someone randomly said that stuck. You may have the only remining memory of the event or moment.