Sometimes I’ll notice that a building that I used to drive by all the time is gone (leveled to the ground). I know it’s gone, but I can’t remember what it looked like or what was in it. I just know it’s gone.
Is there a name for this?
In New Orleans you’ll often hear “Ain’t there no more.”
As in, “hey wasn’t there a great little cafe here before the storm?” “Yeah, but aint dere no mo”
I know I used to know a word for this, but I’m not sure what it was.
This guy probably created one https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/
Reminds me a bit of Jamais Vu
It’s not a perfect match to what you describe but it’s defined as “the phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seems novel and unfamiliar.”
In your case, you recognize there was a building, and recognize it should be familiar, but it still feels unfamiliar to you nevertheless.
Hopefully this is in the right direction lmao
I get this. I call it “deja durrr”.
I call them potholes
Gone but not remembered.
Out of the blue and into the black…
There’s probably some really specific word in German for this, but I can’t think of a single word in English that would fully describe what you’re talking about.
Oh course there is, it’s:
Existenzerinnerungsverlust
