Opus 2025-206: Definitions

The purpose of language is changing.  In a dim past language was a means to communication.  It was a way to express yourself to other people.  This was hard enough in the real world.  People tend to be locked into their own minds and often have different definitions for words that are thought to be shared.  People worked to communicate.

Not so today.  Today language is made to separate and manipulate.  

It separates because groups make up their own words.  I started watching a Babylon Bee piece about Generation A.  I had never heard of generation A but I assumed it would be consistent with my grandchildren’s generation.  They were working through a bunch of nonsense sounds that are evidently considered words in that culture.  I had seen the roots of this with the rap culture and what was euphemistically called ebonics.  Professionals of all walks like to dazzle you with their knowledge of confusing terms.  On occasion it is because it is the best term.  Often it is just to make you feel stupid.  

There is a school of philosophy called deconstructionism.  I know I have mentioned it before.  It means what it says more than you know.  The whole purpose is to deconstruct our culture by removing all meanings that are necessary for people working in harmony.  Words mean what you want them to mean.  Values are totally fluid.  If you don’t agree you are a right-wing neanderthal.  
Learn to laugh at them.  Don’t be afraid to ask, “What does that mean?”  Often you will find that they don’t know either.  Assume they are victims of arrogance and pride.  

And get a dictionary, preferably an old one.  

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