Why “foreglimpse” is a great word
FOREGLIMPSE — [Noun] A brief, incomplete, and often intuitive visual revelation of the future. From the combining form fore- (meaning "before, in front of, in advance") + the noun glimpse (meaning "a brief, incomplete view or look"). First recorded in 1890–95. Unlike a forecast, which implies a systematic projection from data, or a premonition, which denotes an often-ominous inner feeling, a foreglimpse is a neutral, visual flash. It is the split-second image of a stranger's face you will later love, the fleeting composition of a melody heard in the wind years before you write it, or the sudden vision of an empty chair at a future table—a stolen moment from a memory of the future, quietly affirming that time is not a straight line.