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/kɒɡˈni.təʊˌhæ.zəd/ · noun
(neurology, chiefly science fiction) 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 #scp
CAUTION! High-grade Cognitohazard in effect!
The one about Qpple hardware being a cognitohazard? (I made that up, BTW. :D )
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.
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.
The last week was devoted to an equally theoretical threat—weaponized cognitohazards. Brown notes. Things that you could be hurt, or possibly killed, by just seeing or hearing them… and what would happen if they got on the Internet. How would people protect themselves?
“Says here you’re on the front lines, not search and rescue. Do you have the cognitohazard equipment?”
Use cognitohazard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cognitohazard means (neurology, chiefly science fiction) 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 closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include arousal, ASMR.
The symbol on that piece of paper is a cognitohazard which puts everyone who reads it in a week-long coma.
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