system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why do words sometimes begin to "sound weird" or not like words at all, after we repeat them over and over in our heads or out loud?
gpt
This is called semantic satiation.  It's basically your brain messing up slightly due to certain things up there happening repeatedly at a fast pace.  The Wikipedia article has more a lot more if you want to dig deeper.