Now will.i.am’s new song “Reach for the Stars” has traveled even farther than the famed musician. Here will.i.am tells how traveling across cultures to countries outside the USA helped him see America with new eyes and decide how to show the world what Americans are like. Or, it can be a significant, eye-opening, awe inspiring experience like the one recounted by will.i.am, front man for The Black Eyed Peas, in a statement in Oprah Winfrey’s magazine O. In my view, an OIC moment can be as everyday as the one in the cartoon above. Like “aha moment,” OIC moment is a realization, but on a broader spectrum, from the practical to the epiphany. The term came into existence in 2012 with the start of our company. Now that Merriam-Webster has had its aha moment about “aha moment” and listed the phrase in its pages, we want to see OIC moment (short for “Oh, I see” moment) added as a synonym. At least, that’s the date assigned to the phrase in August 2012 when Merriam-Webster added it to its dictionary and defined it as “a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension.” The concept of the “aha moment” has been around, well, probably forever and in English language usage since 1939. Really? At least, it wasn’t in the dictionary until last August. Then I found out that not everyone knows what an “aha moment” is. Hey, I’m over 30 and, like the girl in the cartoon, didn’t know about the “diet Coke and mentos thing.” I tried a quick experiment, and it all erupted into an aha moment for me. If I follow the numbers above, it sounds like everyone can learn something new everyday. © Mathematically, Aha Moments Happen Daily Watch out! Someone’s having an aha moment!
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