deja vu

/dey-zhah VOO/, noun

the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.

"Murdering this homeless man has left me with a strange feeling of deja vu. And not just because I murder a homeless man every night." - Anon.

"But in this restaurant, deja vu is a dish served up cold, next to an unforgiving slice of pie... usually apple." - Rod Serling, The Early Works Of...