Word For Idea Thought To Be Original?

[Vakman]

Is there a word for an idea that was thought to be original but then it turns out that you have seen it somewhere before like read about it or saw a photo of something like it. I can't think of the word, help Reddit.
Not like unoriginal or or anything like that, any ideas?

[CraigPaleo]

I'm thinking "knock-off" at the moment.

[fiyer]

Is there a word for an idea that was thought to be original but then it turns out that you have seen it somewhere before like read about it or saw a photo of something like it. I can't think of the word, help Reddit.
Not like unoriginal or or anything like that, any ideas?

I'm only coming up with phrases and they're not quite synonymous to your thought:
previously seen/read
prior knowledge
preconceived idea

It might be better to say something like, "the idea wasn't novel afterall..."

I'll keep thinking, you've given me a puzzle! :)

[Vakman]

I'm thinking "knock-off" at the moment.

It isn't this. Ugh, this is bugging me.

I'm only coming up with phrases and they're not quite synonymous to your thought:
previously seen/read
prior knowledge
preconceived idea

It might be better to say something like, "the idea wasn't novel afterall..."

I'll keep thinking, you've given me a puzzle! :)
Same xD.
Bugging me so much. I saw again word the other day and I was about to say it for something today and then I blanked.

[Bucky Ball]

Redundant? Obsolete?

[MatrixCrypt]

hackneyed, perhaps.

[Vakman]

Redundant? Obsolete?


hackneyed, perhaps.

Nope, neither of these. And the first two there do not work lol. Thanks though.

[icechen1]

This might be far-fetched, but Deja-vu?

[Vakman]

Figured it out. Cryptomnesia.
From Wiki: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia)Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without its being recognised as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. It is a memory bias whereby a person may falsely recall generating a thought, an idea, a song, or a joke,[1] not deliberately engaging in plagiarism but rather experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration.

[MatrixCrypt]

would it be "banal"?



... and by the way, your canadian tux avatar is awesome.


edit: ah, so you figured it out, good to know.

[Frogs Hair]

Could it be something like derivative ?

[Vakman]

would it be "banal"?



... and by the way, your canadian tux avatar is awesome.


edit: ah, so you figured it out, good to know.

Thanks lol. And banal and hackneyed were both interesting words that I didn't know of so good stuff.

[Vakman]

Could it be something like derivative ?

That is a word for it but I was thinking something that had been like something you saw when you were young and don't remember and now think that it is an original idea: Cryptomnesia

Thanks again for trying all :)

[alexfish]

Magic Cookie ,

went to a party , magic cookies on the table , some how ended up on the net

need a word for or definition of how to eat Magic Cookies on the net