Words Define Words
Sometimes with simplicity, others complexity
“Dictionary, n. A malevolent literacy device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.”
―Ambrose Bierce
What does that word mean?
Let me explain it with some words.
And that word you used, to describe the first word? What does that word mean?
Oh, sorry. Let me further explain that word too, with some more words.
Some definitions are obscure while others are crisp and clean and cut to the point. Some definitions are vivid, depicting within it a whole new world, or so it appears in my imagination as such. Some definitions break down and deconstruct the complexity of the more difficult to understand words. Some definitions are confusing, leading to further chaos and thus, more definitions in which to search.
define: state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
The definition of define is quite ironic, no? It implies that all words are precisely able to be defined, exactly. But that’s simply not true! We all have various connotations, emotions attached to words, memories, triggers, perceptions, truths, explanations, feelings.
