hey Tarazkp! I dig the thoughtful observation about words losing their meaning. About five years ago I started making fun of the word 'Authentic', it seemed to me like it was starting to get used by marketing systems. My GF didn't understand why I was harshing on them so much...fast forward five years, and I feel like Authentic is almost completely dead.
So...funny tidbit. Did you know that there's a small culture in highland Guatemala called the Tzutujil that has structured their very old traditions in such a way to solve this? They have 'word churn' built in...here's how it works.
People's names are made up from words...just like ours.Wobbly Leaf or Burning Light Flows Over Water...whenever somebody dies, their name dies with them. And nobody else can speak the words that comprised their name. Instead, everyone has to invent new words, or recombine others to speak about the things they want to speak about. And the language has to keep changing :P
Just thought you might appreciate hearing that we aren't the only people who have felt frustrated about such things !
Wow, that is really interesting. I wonder what happens across generations and how quickly words are 'forgotten' and reused.
All words come and go as the word itself is not the thing but, the problem I have is that very 'important' words are being hijacked knowingly to manipulate the narratives. Control the story, control the masses.
Yeah, I agree with you there...it's the oldest technology in the book.
Indeed it is.