inception

1. original meaning: source, origin, beginning
2. (following the 2010 movie): an infinite loop; a thing that contains itself; a repetition of the same thing, something with multiple layers; infinite regress, a vicious circle; a dream within a dream.
(referring to the concept of dreams inside other dreams, both up and down, and the famous line "we need to go deeper" from the movie.)
Essentially the same as the word "recursion", a word that a lot fewer young people know.

"Look, there's a Matryoshka doll inside that other doll! Dollception!" (doll+ inception)

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channelling

Channelling is a concept in spiritualism where a person allows their body to be used by the ghost of a dead person, who can then talk to the others present through them. In casual speech, "channelling someone" means imitating another, acting, talking or thinking just like that person.

Obama: "Whoops, I slipped and accidentally said I wanted us to export more jobs - I was totally channelling Romney there for a sec."

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