this is a frequent stream of thought that crosses my mind whenever conversing with friends or acquaintances, especially new ones – there is this tendency to get caught up on defining many of the words during conversation due to the stereotypical connotations inherent in many words, and this sometimes hinders the very conversation we are trying to enjoy… at times, for other people, this could later cause gross misunderstanding and arguments…
So sometimes I sit there and think of which words I can use to describe a certain something, but I just can’t find them. Many words aren’t specific enough, or have certain “stereotypes” or connotations attached to them that wouldn’t be there if you didn’t put that experience or thought into words. It is hard to just make up words and just use them though I suppose onamatopia type words could be made but otherwise in most cases it isn’t very easy to, but you could “borrow” a foreign word, use another word in a slang type way etc.
If you speak a different language sometimes you will find there are lots of useful words in that language that don’t exist in another and vice versa. Also the culture in which you speak that language may have different connotations attached to the words though I don’t know if those would…
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