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ORIGINAL: BoiJen

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

I am just one of those people that don't care about purity of words and their meanings. I've always struggled to understand why people get so possessive and defensive about how words are used.

Perhaps I see things too conceptually for it to matter to me. I am okay with not having words to define the specifics in many cases, or in having words evolve and/or mean different things. Yet I do understand the need for some definition, after all without language.....we'd be rather screwed.

For whatever reason, when people get all bent over someone miss using a word they identify with.........I just sit back and think "Really??? All of that drama over a WORD?" But again, that is just me. I also do not place the important some do on family names or job titles.

After all, we communicate our concepts of life and reality and our experiences through words. If our words start to fall apart because we allow the meaning behind them to become diluted, then it's gonna get harder and harder to communicate those concepts.

boi