This, or something similar, has affected me quite a bit at work. I'll be speaking about something and then suddenly be unable to recall a very common and simple

This, or something similar, has affected me quite a bit at work. I'll be speaking about something and then suddenly be unable to recall a very common and simple word. Even though I have the concept/thought in mind, I can't find the word and I'm just sort of stuck, awkwardly pausing while I try and remember a word like "representation" or something. Sometimes I just have to move on to something else because I can't complete the thought. It's rather embarrassing because it kind of makes me look like an idiot. Of course, about 15 minutes later the word will pop back into my mind. I don't really know what to do about it, if there's anything that can even be done. I usually roll my eyes at technology-as-metaphors-for-the-mind, but it really does feel like sometimes something I'm trying to remember is stored on a tape backup somewhere, and I just need to initiate the recall and then wait a while while someone searches through an archive to retrieve whatever it is. Happens most frequently if I'm trying to remember something I definitely know but don't use very often, like the names of actors in some old movie. It might even take a few days sometimes, but I don't need to actively think about it but it feels like it's a long running background task that will eventually complete.