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I was watching a CNN interview with an amputee today, and the announcer interrupted her. He caught himself and apologized, "I'm sorry I cut you off."

As a pastoral counselor I have often noted the choice of words unconsciously fits the situation like a pun or a Tom Swifty. Anyone remember the psychological term for this?

I do not know any word for this, but here is another one I came across a few years ago:

Speaking of a stay of execution: "It's a good sign, but of course it could be short-lived," Edwards said.

"Freudian slip" perhaps?

In honor of Tom Swift and his Swifties, and according to the "rule" that all psychological phrases can only be expressed in German, I nominate Tomasschnelligkeit, a word I just cobbled together, to mean whatever we are talking about.

And in the true German spirit of jamming together words to make a new one, an effort I call "box-car" words.