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Parenting is an adventure… well more like one of those Final Fantasy RPGs where you’re constantly being interrupted by random battles.
So am I a journalist? And if I am, will government send me a journalist badge in the mail?
I only get to the bottom of stories when the chief takes away my journalism badge.
I’m kidding; I’ve never gotten to the bottom of a story. I’ve barely even finished reading a news story before.
Suddenly the word “gotten” looked so weird to me I had to Google it to make sure I wasn’t misusing some odd German word.
Is there a name for that phenomenon?
That’s like the pot calling the kettle “black” — it’s a good indication your kitchen is haunted.

I think you mean semantic satiation, as when repeating a word renders it suddenly meaningless. Like “Biden Biden Biden”… oh, wait, that is meaningless.
No, you don’t get a Jouralist Badge but you will authorized to tuck an index card with the word “PRESS” into the band of your fedora.
Is there a name for that phenomenon?
Dysphonic-tional
Hoaxed on phonics
Lingua franca-stein
Either/orthography
Temporary RAMnesia
Put umlauts over the o in gotten and you have Germanized it…götten
That’s like the pot calling the kettle “black” — RACIST!!!1!!!