“Stick and stone will break my bones but words can never
hurt Me. ” but
words can hurt and do at times. Words can heal, I have heard of healing words.
Good words and bad word, cuss words, and love words, well there are a lot of
words. Just what are words?
Form the dictionary:
1. A sound or a combination
of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and
communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination
of morphemes.
2. Something said; an
utterance, remark, or comment: May I say a word about that?
3. Computer Science A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable
memory.
4. words Discourse or talk; speech: Actions speak louder than words.
5. words Music The text of a vocal
composition; lyrics.
6. An assurance or promise;
sworn intention: She has kept her word.
7.
a. A command or direction;
an order: gave the word to retreat.
b. A verbal signal; a
password or watchword.
8.
b. Rumor: Word has it they're
divorcing.
9. words Hostile or angry remarks made back and forth.
10. Used euphemistically in
combination with the initial letter of a term that is considered offensive or
taboo or that one does not want to utter: "Although economists here will not call it a recession yet,
the dreaded 'R' word is beginning to pop up in the media" (Francine S. Kiefer).
11. Word
a. See Logos.
b. The Scriptures; the
Bible.
tr.v. word·ed, word·ing, words
To express in words: worded the petition
carefully.
interj.
Slang Used to express approval or an affirmative response to something.
Sometimes used with up.
Idioms:
at a word
In immediate response.
good word
1. A favorable comment: She put in a good word
for me.
2. Favorable news.
have no words for
To be unable to describe or talk about.
in a word
In short; in summary: In a word, the
situation is serious.
in so many words
1. In precisely those words;
exactly: hinted at impending indictments but did not say it in so many
words.
2. Speaking candidly and
straightforwardly: In so many words, the weather has been beastly.
of few words
Not conversational or loquacious; laconic: a person of few words.
of (one's) word
Displaying personal dependability: a woman of her word.
take at (one's) word
To be convinced of another's sincerity and act
in accord with his or her statement: We took them at their word that the job would be done on time.
upon my word
Indeed; really.
Well! That may have help, somewhat, maybe. I don’t know. Now
back when I was a young man about four or five, I was taught that there were
words that I was not to use. If you did you just might find out what lye soap
taste like. One of those words that were forbidden was “dam”. For years every
time I heard someone say it, I was looking around for ma or grandma to come
running with the soap. I wonder if they call that operation a soap opera, kind of
sounded that way. We move to a town
where there was a dam and people were all the time saying “let’s go to the dam”. I had great concern for them say such a thing
till I went. When I got old enough to read and look up words in the dictionary,
I found no good reason that “dam” should be forbidden. Now some people say
“darn” as if that cleans things up a bit, but darn is what you do to socks and
knitted things. Dam is to contain or confined the flow of water or something.
It is also what you call the mother of a horse. Well now I have driven a few
nails in my day and missed the nail once or twice, and got my thumb. When I did
I said “God Dam it” and he did. It only took a split second for a blister to
form, and some people say God dose not listen or answers prayers. Well they got
that one wrong anyway.
In the news there has
been a lot of talk about someone saying an “N word” now I don’t know this Paula
Deen other than some pies she got her name on, I have ate better. I don’t know
just what all she has said. All this politically correct stuff I am not sure
of. I am not a Politician and would run and hide if someone tried to make into
one. Now I am a racist to the point that I hate racism.
However I do think we all need to take and learn the real
meaning of the words and the context they are use in. Just because someone
calls you an “A word or a B word” does not make you one till you react to it
and then you may become the dictionary. If we all went around talking or
writing with the “___ words, A word, B word, C word, N word, R word, or XYZ
words” it might look like this (I C U R 2Ys, 2Ys I C U R 4 (ME)) or (C U M (L 8 OR)) “1940’s
texting” and the kids think they started something new, LOL. It did mean lots
of love, and lots of luck, and now laugh out loud, oh! well things change.
Thank you for coming by and for your comments God bless.
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