Lotus Evija

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by EAGLE5

Perhaps you are struggling with the truth that meaning, instead of being about absolute truth, is about usage that, and that usage changes by person and over time? Many people are convinced, deep down, that words have absolute definitions, and those definitions in a real sense will define reality. None of that is true.

While I agree that words can have their meaning change over time I am suggesting for a social/peer group there has to be consensus on what a word means.
"See that bitch over there?" means something at a dog show compared to two wannabe dudes strolling down the 'hood but in each case the meaning is understood.

I am suggesting without definition communication is impossible.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

Moose test I-Pace Fail

That failure is all about the terrible at-limit stability control.

As for canyons, going fast in the land of blind corners requires slowing down when you can't see what's coming then flooring it when you can. It also requires handling bumps mid-corner, which just sets my FRS into oversteer.

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I think people use sex, gender and sexuality sometimes interchangeably, as if they were synonyms, and perhaps then someone could argue that because people use words incorrectly, those definitions have been culturally adopted to be synonyms, yet these words are very different. As you have stated, people get hung up on words, and this topic was your example, but your example also illustrates how definitions matter in the context of the law and society, so we can argue that definitions don't matter because their usage can be vague or broad, yet they can also be critical too.

Obviously, the use of sports car is not critical. It is mostly annoying to some.

Meaning IS all about usage. If definitions were great, people could read a sentence, look up the definition, and gain understanding more than half the time. I'm not saying definitions don't matter. I'm saying that meaning comes from usage and intention, not what's written in a book.

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

While I agree that words can have their meaning change over time I am suggesting for a social/peer group there has to be consensus on what a word means.
"See that bitch over there?" means something at a dog show compared to two wannabe dudes strolling down the 'hood but in each case the meaning is understood.

I am suggesting without definition communication is impossible.

I get your point, but I doubt a bunch of people sit down to discuss the meaning of the word "bitch" before they use it. They just know meaning from context. The same people could say, "Geeze, your mom is a bitch," "Check out those fine bitches," "Getting this bolt off was a bitch," and "I hope to buy and breed a bitch," in the same day. And I bet you know what I mean from all of those sentences.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by EAGLE5

And I bet you know what I mean from all of those sentences.

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

but in each case the meaning is understood.

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