Thumoslang as Nomenclature for Social Life
Expertise in any field requires knowledge of its nomenclature
The Guide to Thumoslang | The Dictionary of Thumoslang
The Guide to Thumoslang | The Dictionary of Thumoslang
The Guide to Thumoslang | The Dictionary of Thumoslang
The Guide to Thumoslang | The Dictionary of Thumoslang
To quickly become an expert in relationships, all you have to do is to master Thumoslang, the nomenclature for social life. As shown by the video, Relationship Count, which is Episode 2 in Season 8 of the YouTube series NDBaker93, it took only a few minutes for Armando, a high school underclassman from Rhode Island, to appreciate the power of Thumoslang.
On the first Thursday of December 2019 (Day 72), Elias Turner, a senior in high school brought his friend Armando to see Nickantony Quach, the creator of Thumoslang. The meeting is captured by the above-mentioned video, which begins when Armando, in the video, asks for a demonstration of Thumoslang as the nomenclature for social life.
“Can you give me an example?” Asks Armando. “I want to see an example of this working.”
“All the good things are derived from relationships,” says Nick while standing behind the camera. “Do you agree with that hypothesis?”
“Yes,” replies Armando. Sitting to his right, Elias nods in agreement.
It’s important, clarifies Nick, to know “how many relationships you have” today.
“If you have too many relationships, the important ones may not receive enough of your attention.” Says Nick.
“Exactly,” agrees Armando.
“If you have too few relationships, you may not necessarily have” as many good things as your life might be able to offer, says Nick.
Armando nods in agreement.
“Do you agree that,” asks Nick, “it’s important to know how many relationships you have?”
“To know exactly?” Armando double-checks.
“Yes,” confirms Nick.
“I think it’s important to understand which relationships are the important ones,” declares Armando, “ and which are the less-important ones.”
“And therefore you need to know how many [relationships] you have,” Nick follows through.
“Otherwise, how can you,” Elias chimes in, “point to which ones…”
“Do you know a number,” Armando cuts Elias off and challenged Nick, “of how many relationships you have?”
“Yes,” says both Elias and Nick.
“You do?” says Armando as he feels surprised.
“With Thumoslang you can,” affirms Nick. “Thumoslang allows us to count relationships”.
“Why is that necessary? wonders Armando.
“Because, if you don’t know how many relationships you have,” explains Nick, “then you don’t how if you have too few or too many relatioships.”
“When is it considered too few or too many?” asks Armando.
“It depends on your ideals,” says Nick as he puts the biggest smile on Armando’s face at 3 minutes and 14 seconds into the video.
“That’s the point,” emphasizes Elias.
“Do you agree that, in order to count the number of relationships, you need to know, the definition of what a relationship is?” Asks Nick.
“Yes,” replies Armando.
“Are you in high school?” Nick asks Armando.
“Do you agree that a high school student should be able to define what a relationship is?” asks Nick.
Armando is not sure of the question.
“Are you in an educational system in which high school students are expected to understand or know the definition of what a relationship is?” Nick restates the question.
“I think so,” says Armando.
“Therefore, it’s fair for me to ask you the question,” asks Nick, “what the heck is relationship?”
Armando smiles as he thinks out loud.
“Relationship is you interacting with a human being,” struggles Armando, “or another entity, for some type of benefit or product.”
“That’s an interaction,” says Elias, “not a relationship.”
“OK,” agrees Armando, “you’re right.”
“Relationship is,” Armando takes two, “when another entity fills your connection…”
Elias interrupts and got Armando into a side conversation.
“Nomenclature, in my head right now,” says Armando, “is defining truly someone’s experience and giving that to someone else efficiently.”
Elias chimes in again and helps bring us all back on track.
“We want you,” says Nick, “to be able to explain your experience to another person…”
“…and have them understand it completely.” Armando jumps in and finishes the sentence for Nick.
“Yes,” all at once, everyone nods in agreement.
“Guess,” asks Nick as he looks at Armando, “about how many relationships do you personally have today?”
“568,” replies Armando after a long pause, “or whatever my Instagram…”
“Really?” Interrupted Elias.
“Alright,that’s fine.” Nick chimes in then asks. “Let me now tell your the definition of relationship” as specified by Thumoslang “and see what you think, OK?”
Nick begins with the first thumbnail definition.
Relationship; that means, ongoing relations.
As soon as Amando gives a quick acknowledgement, Nick follows through with the second thumbnail.
Relation; that means, purposeful involvement.
Nick keeps on delivering Thumoslang knowledge.
Involvement; that means, causing inclusion.
“Let me walk back and explain each concept.” says Nick.
“I’m the cause for you to be included in this meeting.” Nick gives a living example. “I involve you guys;” that’s involvement.
“Because this involvement is an activity for [the] one purpose we all share, Nick concludes further, “we have a purposeful involvement”: relation.
Nick then gives a contrasting example of a shared experience between two bus riders, who are traveling companions but without a shared purpose. Neither rider causes the other to be included in the ride. They are not involved with one another: no relations.
“Since we are in our meeting together for a shared purpose,” concludes Nick, “we have a relation with one another.”
“But having a relation for the day” does not make a relationship. The relation needs to be ongoing and yet the single relation is not enough. When you have see a baker everyday, you have an ongoing relation and people do not think of that as a relationship.
“To have a relationship with that baker,” clarifies Nick, “you need ask her out.”
“So you think,” Armando attempts to chime in.
“So you need to have at least two ongoing relations,” Nick interrupts, “in order to declare victory in having a relationship with that person.”
As the knowledge of Thumoslang dawns on Armando, he wants to jump in but Nick is on the roll.
“Since you have two differently relations with Elias,” Nick provides an immediate example, “one is school relation and the other is music relation, you two have a true relationship with one another.”
Armando agrees as he follows up. “Now, a person who only has one relation…”
“That’s a phantom relationship,” interrupts Nick. “That’s a relationship we believe we have [in our mind] but [in reality] we don’t.”
“When you have only a single relation,” clarifies Nick, “you have a service.”
“Wow,” smiles Armando.
“How many relationships, by that definition, do you now have?” Asks Nick.
Elias smiles at 13 minutes and 42 seconds into the video as Armando struggles in an attempt to truly answer the question.
“I don’t know but it’s small,” says Armando.
“Smaller than 500,” Elias chimes in.
“We don’t need to know the exact number,” says Nick. “We only need to know the range.”
“From zero to 15,” says Armando, finally.
“Zero to 15 is a whole lot less than 500,” says Nick. “That’s the point of Thumoslang.”
“Thumoslang doesn’t tell you how to live your life,” explains Nick. “It helps you understand the truth behind your life.”
Armando understands.
“If you don’t know the truth about your life,” says Nick, “you don’t know how to improve it.”
“You have to understand something,” agrees Armando, “to fix it.”
“Exactly,” confirms Nick. Here is another thumbnail definition from Thumoslang for you.
Understanding; that means, knowing boundaries.
“This should be a new subject in school,” concludes Armando.
“This is a new subject for school,” clarifies Elias.
“Exactly,” confirms Nick.
“It just hasn’t been placed yet, dude.” says Elias as he looks at Armando.
“Do [a few of] these [thumbnail] definitions make you feel more powerful?”
“Yes,” replies Armando.
The door behind Elias is suddenly opened as Alec, a student from a different local high school, and his mother entered the room. As the video ends, she wants to find out why her son is involved with Thumoslang.
