memory jogger

English

Noun

memory jogger (plural memory joggers)

1. Something which jogs the memory; an aid for remembering.
   • 1855, James Melville Gilliss, The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, volume 2, page 108:

     Some weeks had elapsed without one of these memory-joggers, when, to sharpen our recollections, quite an old-fashioned shake occurred soon after midnight of the 24th March.

   • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 90:

     "Hard not to notice. Bit of a memory jogger. Bit of a pointer. Bit of a bloody giveaway!"