{"id":13130,"date":"2026-03-04T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=13130"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:57:40","slug":"baader-meinhof-grow-english-vocab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/baader-meinhof-grow-english-vocab\/","title":{"rendered":"baader-meinhof: wild illusions that improve your vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@richyrocksenglish\/video\/7216241074250075397\" data-video-id=\"7216241074250075397\">\n<section><a title=\"@richyrocksenglish\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@richyrocksenglish?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@richyrocksenglish<\/a> how baader-meinhof helps u learn <a title=\"english\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/english?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#english<\/a> <a title=\"vocabulary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/vocabulary?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#vocabulary<\/a> visit richyrocks.com for more info <a title=\"vocabularioeningles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/vocabularioeningles?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#vocabularioeningles<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"englishcoach\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/englishcoach?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#englishcoach<\/a> <a title=\"englishteacher\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/englishteacher?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#englishteacher<\/a> <a title=\"englishlesson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/englishlesson?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#englishlesson<\/a> <a title=\"englishclass\" 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Adele<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nare u familiar with the <strong>baader-meinhof phenomenon<\/strong>? the good news is that if baader-meinhof is a new name for u, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/chances%20are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chances are<\/a> u will see it again real soon. allow me to explain, or rather let<strong><em> josh clark<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/break-down-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break it down\u00a0<\/a> for u in this funny video from his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTb6Oy0TXI03iEUdRMR9dnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>stuff u should know<\/strong> youtube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What in the Name of God is the The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon? | Don&#039;t Be Dumb\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3mUPeSZJno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>at :20 in the video, clark provides an explanation for baader-meinhof&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\"><em>have u ever heard of<\/em> the baader meinhof effect?\u00a0 that&#8217;s <em>named after<\/em> a group of west german terrorists from the 1970s.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">\n<div class=\"segment-start-offset style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/ever-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>ever<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>at some time in your life<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/name-after-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>name after<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means the baader-meinhof phenomenon <em>got its name<\/em> from a terrorist group.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/baader-meinhof-gang.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13694\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/baader-meinhof-gang.png\" alt=\"the baader meinhof gang insignia: a red star behind a machine gun with the letters RAF on top that stand for read army faction--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/baader-meinhof-gang.png 226w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/baader-meinhof-gang-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/baader-meinhof-gang-84x84.png 84w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h5><em>the baader-meinhof gang aka the red army faction was a west german terrorist group that rebelled against the facist elements that remained in west german society<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">how did this\u00a0 happen? at 0:34 clark continues&#8230;<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">see, <em>back<\/em> in the 1990s someone on the internet <em>coined<\/em> the term baader-meinhof effect to describe a recent experience <em>he&#8217;d had<\/em> where he <em>heard of<\/em> the baader meinhof gang for the first time in his life and then <em>heard about<\/em> them totally <em>randomly<\/em> for the second time in his life less than 24 hours later. other people call this the frequency illusion<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/back-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>back<\/strong><\/em><\/a> refers to a time in the past. <strong><em>he&#8217;d had<\/em><\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/past-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>past perfect<\/strong><\/a>. it refers to the moment the phrase was <em>coined<\/em> and the previous experience of hearing about baader-meinhof twice in twenty four hours.\u00a0 <strong><em>he&#8217;d<\/em><\/strong> is a <strong>contraction<\/strong> of <em>he had <\/em>(the auxiliary <em>had<\/em>). <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/randomly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>randomly<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>means there was <em>no connection<\/em> between the two baader-meinhof instances. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/coin-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>coin<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means <em>create a name, word or phrase<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588328cd-da17-4067-8e59-0191af4104b5_text.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13701\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588328cd-da17-4067-8e59-0191af4104b5_text-300x124.gif\" alt=\"gif of gandalf with the text there's more to this hobbit than meets the eye--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s--baader meinhof\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0a279b0-ab4f-43c2-82ce-ad3f6de61381_text.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13702\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a0a279b0-ab4f-43c2-82ce-ad3f6de61381_text-300x124.gif\" alt=\"gif of optimus prime with the text there's more to them than meets the eye--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s--baader meinhof\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than meets the eye<\/span> is a great phrase that means more complicated than it looks but it&#8217;s unknown who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">coined<\/span> it<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the spanish <em>escuchar de<\/em> covers both <strong><em>hear about<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>heard of<\/em><\/strong> in english. usually, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/the-former-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>the former<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (first of two previously mentioned examples),<em> hear about<\/em>, is used <em>to ask or talk about news, information, rumors or <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/gossip-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gossip<\/a><\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/the-latter-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>the latter<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (second of two previously mentioned examples), <em>heard of<\/em>, is used to <em>ask or talk about name recognition<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-2.55.31.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13721\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-2.55.31-300x186.png\" alt=\"meme of a lady from a twentieth century magazine the text says: text says no one wants to hear about your diet just eat your salad and be sad--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s baader-meinhof\" width=\"258\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-2.55.31-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-31-at-2.55.31.png 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/stallone-never-heard-of-him.gif\">\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13719\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/stallone-never-heard-of-him.gif\" alt=\"meme of sylverster stallone text says rambo? never heard of him--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s--baader-meinhof \" width=\"247\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>listen at 1:16 in the video for more detail about <em><strong>frequency illusion<\/strong><\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>frequency illusion is what&#8217;s called a <em>cognitive bias<\/em> which means that <em>stuff<\/em> isn&#8217;t really <em>popping up<\/em> <em>all over the place<\/em> after u hear about it for the first time,\u00a0 it&#8217;s just your brain <em>acting up<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/stuff-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>stuff<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>things<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pop-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>pop up<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>occur or appear suddenly<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/all-over-the-place-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>all over the place<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>everywhere<\/em>. <strong><em>act up<\/em><\/strong> means <em>not work correctly <\/em>or <em>behave badly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13685\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"the anchorman's boner acting up in the movie of the same name--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s baader-meinhof\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/anchorman-boner-acting-up.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>this could be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pop up<\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">act up<\/span> (and probably <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">big deal<\/span> too  for multiple reasons<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<div class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">\n<div class=\"segment-start-offset style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">why do our brains <em>act up<\/em> like this?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">see, the brain is <em>wired<\/em> to find <em>patterns<\/em> in nature and it also operates along something called selective attention which means that we don&#8217;t <em>pay attention<\/em> to everything that&#8217;s all around us all the time and when we do <em>pay attention<\/em> to something&#8212; our attention selects something new and <em>novel<\/em> &#8212;our brain <em>makes<\/em> <em>a big deal out<\/em> of that thing that we just learned about.<\/h4>\n<div><strong><em>wired<\/em> <\/strong>means <em>configured<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pattern-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>patterns<\/em><\/strong><\/a> are <em>repeated sequences<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pay-attention-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>pay attention<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>watch<\/em>, <em>listen<\/em> or <em>concentrate on<\/em>. it is NOT <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">put<\/span> attention<\/em>, a common spanglish based on the spanish <em>poner atenci\u00f3n<\/em>. <em>poner<\/em> is usually translated as <em>put<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/novel-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>novel<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>means <em>new<\/em> or <em>unusual<\/em>.<strong><em> make a big deal out of<\/em><\/strong> means <em>exaggerate<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/big-deal-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>a big deal<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>means <em>important<\/em>.\u00a0 it is used <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/awkward-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awkwardly<\/a>\/comically in the movie <strong><em>the anchorman <\/em><\/strong>in this short cilp<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hzx8KHjQD6c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">we get a better understanding at 2:11 of how and why frequency illusion happens&#8230;<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">but just because we&#8217;re not<em> paying attention<\/em> to something doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re not surrounded by it so when our selective attention does <em>pick up on<\/em> something <em>novel<\/em> it&#8217;ll start to notice it <em>elsewhere<\/em> which is why something <em>seems<\/em> to <em>pop up<\/em> <em>out of the blue<\/em> a bunch of times through frequency illusion but the frequency is an illusion which explains the name.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/surround-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>surround<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>all around<\/em>, <em>on all sides<\/em>.\u00a0 <strong><em>pick up on<\/em><\/strong> means <em>notice<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/elsewhere-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>elsewhere<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means<em> in other places<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/seem-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>seem<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is <em>give the iimpression<\/em>, <em>appear<\/em>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>out of the blue<\/strong><\/em><\/span> means <em>randomly<\/em>, <em>unexpectedly<\/em>.\u00a0 it&#8217;s commonly found in song lyrics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>listen at 1:00 in <strong>adele<\/strong>&#8216;s biggest hit <strong><em>someone like u<\/em><\/strong> for<\/p>\n<h4>i hate to <em>turn up<\/em> <em>out of the blue<\/em>, uninvited<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>but i couldn&#8217;t stay away, i couldn&#8217;t fight it<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/turn-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>turn up<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>arrive<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/show-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>show up<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adele - Someone Like You (Official Music Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLQl3WQQoQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the second verse of this <strong>neil young<\/strong> hard rockin classic starts<\/p>\n<h4><em>out of the blue<\/em> and into the black<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young &amp; Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My ( Into the Black ) live 1991 HD\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_hoW6qmeOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and the final verse of <em><strong>when u wish upon a star<\/strong><\/em>, the song associated with the <strong>disney<\/strong> version of <strong><em>pinocchio<\/em><\/strong> says<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw\">like a <em>bolt<\/em> <em>out of the blue <\/em><\/span><em>fate<\/em> <em>steps in<\/em> and sees u through<br \/>\nwhen u wish upon a star your dreams come true<\/h4>\n<p>a <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/bolt-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>bolt<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is <em>lightning<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/fate-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>fate<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is <em>a supernatural force that determines the direction a life takes<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/step-in-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>step in<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means <em>intervene<\/em>. <strong><em>see through<\/em><\/strong> means <em>guide<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"when you wish upon a star from pinocchio (lyric video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ds2LbtOX7fY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>clark finishes the baader-meinhof video with this idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"segment-timestamp style-scope ytd-transcript-segment-renderer\">so the next time somebody says to u, &#8220;hey what&#8217;s the baader-meinhof effect <em>aka<\/em> the cognitive <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/biased-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bias<\/a> known as frequency illusion?&#8221;&#8211; u <em>set them straight<\/em> and u tell them josh sent u<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/aka-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>aka<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is an abbreviation for <em>also known as<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/set-straight-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>set straight<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>clarify<\/em>, <em>correct, <\/em><em>get right<\/em>. <em><strong>tell them josh sent u<\/strong><\/em> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/silly-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>silly<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (comical, <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/wacky-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wacky<\/a>) final line. josh is declaring himself as an authority on the subject.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-cat-meme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13703\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-cat-meme-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-cat-meme-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-cat-meme.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-rambo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13704\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-rambo-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-rambo-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-rambo-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/set-straight-rambo.jpg 836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>kitties and macho american mercenaries both use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">set straight<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the <strong>tiktok<\/strong> at the top of the post contains examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/look-up-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>look up<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong><em>rejoice<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>let&#8217;s say<\/strong><\/em>, and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/take-for-granted-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take for granted<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>all over the place<\/em>, <em>cognitive bias<\/em> and<em> act up<\/em> appear in the tiktok and in the post above.<\/p>\n<p>the idea in the tiktok is that the illusion of seeing a new vocabulary word or phrase <em>all over the place<\/em> is actually a good thing. u need to see new words and phrases in several different contexts in order for them to become part of your active vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kind-of-a-big-deal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13711\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kind-of-a-big-deal-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"meme of will ferrell as ron burgundy with the text i'm kind of a big deal--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kind-of-a-big-deal-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kind-of-a-big-deal.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>have you ever experienced <em>the baader-meinhof phenomenon aka frequency illusion<\/em>? share your observations under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input 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