cognitohazard
nounUK /kɒɡˈni.təʊˌhæ.zəd/ · US /kɔɡˈni.toʊˌhæ.zəɹd/
Etymology Blend of cognition + hazard, likely coined and popularized by the SCP Foundation wiki.
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Literature, Media, Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Publishing, Science fiction, Sciences A sensory signal (such as an image or sound) that directly causes harmful or undesired physiological effects to one who senses or perceives it.
- The symbol on that piece of paper is a cognitohazard which puts everyone who reads it in a week-long coma.
- SUMBITCH. I started listening to http://nyan.cat/ again and now I can't turn it off. #memetic #cognitohazard #scp2011 April 28, @triggurgoat, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2023:
4 more examples
- CAUTION! High-grade Cognitohazard in effect!2011 July 29, @LexLevinholt, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2023:
- The one about Qpple hardware being a cognitohazard? (I made that up, BTW. :D )2013 February 27, neurotrashboy, “Place name of the week”, in alt.running.out.of.newsgroup.names (Usenet), retrieved 09 Dec 2022:
- SCP-2359’s primary anomalous property is a cognitohazard that propagates to anyone who makes visual, auditory or informational contact with it. The infection impresses a false identity and memories of SCP-2359 onto the mind of the affected subject.2016 January 29, StringentCurry, “SCP-2359”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:
- Numerous people have reported, or, more accurately, been discovered, as having been subjected to the proscribed work The King in Yellow. […] For one thing, we’re not even sure there’s anything useful in the King play. It’s a complete cognitohazard.2017, Zachary Adam, Sanity Line (Arcane Revolution Series), CreateSpace, →ISBN:
- Derived terms
- cognitohazardous
- Related terms
- daze, dizziness, nausea, pain, photoepilepsy, sensory overload, vertigo, The Game, thoughtcrime
- Hyponyms
- acceleration, capsaicin, flashbang, flickering, Langford's basilisk, Medusa, skunk spray, stink bomb, tickling
- Coordinate terms
- biohazard, infohazard, memetic hazard, Roko's basilisk