## [Q} I need help finding a word!

* Author: u/None *
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/4ks9lc/q_i_need_help_finding_a_word/
* Score: 2

* Created: 2016-05-24T05:13:29

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/CCC_037** [+2]  (4 hours later)
> 
> Call it an "Oracle" and define exactly what you mean by the term in the text.
> 
> You're going to need to define the term anyway, no matter what you use, and "Oracle" seems to capture the "I-can-see-your-future" kind of concept.

> **u/nicholaslaux** [+1]  (27 minutes later)
> 
> The one word term, assuming you were reading on Less Wrong, for this, would be Omega.
> 
> However, I would recommend avoiding using LW-specific terminology to help avoid alienating potential reads, given that it isn't really a term that exists outside of that sphere, as far as I know.

>> **u/None** [+1]  (9 hours later)
>> 
>> Don't worry, I'm a professional! I'm just looking for the term for interior monologue in one character's POV - jargon's okay.

>>> **u/nicholaslaux** [+1]  (10 hours later)
>>> 
>>> I guess I more meant that seeing a character use this term specifically in-character as though it were jargon would likely break immersion for me. I'd recommend going with what /u/aCCThrowaccount suggested, and inventing a term and using that in-story.

>>>> **u/None** [+1]  (10 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> I've got an alternate in place. I'm looking for this one because it felt really right — it had great affordance, you could grasp what it meant just by reading it. But no luck yet! I wish I could remember.

> **u/None** [+1]  (56 minutes later)
> 
> /r/whatstheword
> 
> My advice: make up a term within the context of your story and explain it in exposition. Something pithy and clever to match the tone and themes.

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