cognitive dissidence

When I was at the dentist, she told me she was going to spray water on my gums, she hit the air button by mistake, something strange happened. Its hard to explain, so im wondering, is this a case of cognitive dissidence or is there even a term for it? I was quite startled, which is not my manner. And pedantically I quipped a remark about cognitive dissidence, which went unchallenged, by even the dentist. But when I study the dictionary explanation it seems there might be a better term. Please email me at [email protected], even a sentence, anything. I dislike using word improperly, being "low born" almost everything I know is self taught (for years I thought there was a name Penelope (pen-a-lowp) never connecting the phonetically correct (pen-el-oh-pee) Funny, but embarrassing. Ever since ive done my best at due diligence. Any help is appreciated, thank you. Phillip Jorgenson.