I'd like to petition in favor of pruning the expression "aha" moment from our shared vernacular.
It sounds silly as hell. It seems to be pulled straight out from the traditional Moronese dialect some people like to shift to — for some strange reason — when speaking to young kids, foreigners unfamiliar with their language, and people they perceive as cognitively deficient.
Do we refer to injuries as "ouch" moments? To retching as a "burp" moment? To falling from a rooftop as a "splat" moment? To cats and dogs as "meow-meow" and "woof-woof" animals?
What's wrong with epiphany? It's a beautiful word. Use it. It's an indisputable upgrade.
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