Struggling with Words: Is This an Autism Thing?

It is for me! I parrot what others say even if I don’t understand fully what it means. But then I get embarrassed if it comes to my attention that I’ve been using a saying or word wrong.

i don’t have autism but this happens to me so often too, especially when writing essays and i have to use professional or specific vocabulary

I'm in the same boat, the subconscious learning is definitely an autism thing but at the rate we learn subconsciously it's gotta be an adhd trait lol. Our minds move faster than our mouths, so it very well could be the same for our eyes and our subconscious is always active. There are things that I know that I don't even know where I heard them from

Yep I do this all the time ... I have an amazing vocabulary yet I still double check and any word I hear I like for what ever unknown reason I look it up whether I already knew it or not

Yes!

This is me✋

Idk if it’s an autism thing but I’m autistic and I also do this very regularly. I do this mostly with newer slang or common sayings that I can’t quite understand. Urban dictionary, as awful as it is, actually really helps with specific definitions and uses for me

I do this tooooo