I just act like I forgot the word and make a facial expression like I’m trying to remember it and usually people fall for it or just think you may not be that bright forgetting certain words but it’s one of those things where you gotta choose how u wanna feel about yourself afterwards. It feels a lot less worse to me when I pretend I don’t know a word vs, stumbling all over it which often creates an awkward moment that can be more damaging to your emotional state depending on how you handle it