Categorical thinking

A categorical thinker is someone who uses broad generalizations and categories to understand the world. In a simple sense, we put things into boxes with labels. We categorize them. What is 'good' what is 'bad' what 'is' and what 'isn't'. It's a short assumption we internalize or generalization into a cookie cutter label of 'true'... Continue Reading →

A look at the affix ‘Hyborean’

Consider this conjecture or a thought experiment, not to be conflated with real truth. The term Hibernate relates to winter. Hibernate is meant to describe a deep sleep, which is often mistaken for a deep torpor, but that's nuance semantics. Hiber relating to Winter or wintry; I think the idea of hibernate, relates to the... Continue Reading →

Math has Grammar

Excluding high level calculus and that theoretical physics stuff, I'm here to talk about math having it's own rule. Numbers are akin to letters with symbols and meaning. Mathematics is then a conversation using numbers and symbols to represent phrases. One plus one equals two. Is a sentence. So is; 1+1=2 The above is also... Continue Reading →

Update June 2023

Sorry Folks, I've been away wandering around and getting distracted and dis- tract, off the tract of the path of Words Mean Things. On the bright side, I have learned a many new things and am well enriched by the things I've learned. So hopefully I can impart some wisdom from my adventures and other... Continue Reading →

Words with contracts

There are some words that are related to the words themselves, or agreements. Impressed, conscript, enlisted, and draft. Basically contracts. Con- meaning 'with' and 'tract' meaning 'path'. So a contract means 'with the path', and contracts are used by two parties to agree on the 'path forward'. So to speak. Impressed So, back in the... Continue Reading →

Golden Balance

I want to properly discuss my thoughts on Golden Mean Philosophy and what that means to me.Gold is one of the most sought after pieces of precious metals that we have on this earth. Throughout history, kingdoms were forged and felled by and for gold. Mercenaries for hire, we kill for this value of money... Continue Reading →

Book of the Dead

You see, written words are dead. You can't have a conversation with words written in stone or a book. Sure, you can have a text message conversation, but the words written will be there lifeless for years to come. You can scroll through your text message history and you might reminisce or think about the... Continue Reading →

Alphabet

Words are made up of letters, spelled letter-by-letter. These letters can be arranged in a sort of order or sequence given, this order is called the alphabet. Besides spoken words, one of the first things we learn before writing or reading, is the alphabet. It helps to learn the alphabet to help learn other things... Continue Reading →

Idiolect

Idiolect is an individual's distinctive and unique use of language, including speech. This unique usage encompasses vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. An idiolect is the variety of language unique to an individual.-Wikipedia I think this is one of the most important words that means things. Idiolect is a sort of important point that I will draw... Continue Reading →

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