Words do flip through 180 degrees sometimes. Take 'awful' which now means practically the opposite of its original meaning, which was close to (the dreadful) awesome.
Yes but the words dont mean that because the people using them were too stupid to know what it meant. For example "Bad" can mean something like "He smells bad". However if for example girls like a "Bad boy" they might say "Thats bad or hes bad" in the sense which they have given it a positive connotation. Now words have a positive or negitive connotation based on the context in which it was used is nothing new to english or language in general for that matter. However if people are using a word different becuase of "Association" that is not the same as saying they are using it out of ignorance.
Like for example there is some words in languages you only would understand if you speak that language. The reason is while the literal interpretation means one thing, it means something else to them since its a word of association not a literal interpretation. For example a word can literally mean "Dog" but in that language it means any type of furry mammal in the animal kingdom. Why does it mean that? Since a dog is a furry mammal.
That is a word of association not one of ignorance. Which again goes back to my example of (Retarded vs stupid). Intelligence is measured on a IQ chart, anything under 70 is mentally retarded, so we could assume above that say 71 is just very stupid. So if 71 is stupid you could say retarded means you are VERY STUPID.
Now mentally retarded people are not actually what we consider today as "Stupid". The difference between a stupid and a retarded person is all the right parts are there and we have no extra or none missing. People who are retarded either have too little or too many parts and so they can never be a fully functioning human.
You also might like to know that stupid and many other terms we use to identify people with a low IQ barely above 70 all once were used to mean mentally retarded but after people using them in a negative manner the meaning was changed. Since retardation is on a spectrum though you could understand where this type of thing might happen.
Also in case it was not clear when I said "Too little or too many parts" I was speaking on a biological level. Since with things like retardation it has to do with genes and Chromosomes.
IIN majority of the world misuses the word irony?
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Words do flip through 180 degrees sometimes. Take 'awful' which now means practically the opposite of its original meaning, which was close to (the dreadful) awesome.
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Yes but the words dont mean that because the people using them were too stupid to know what it meant. For example "Bad" can mean something like "He smells bad". However if for example girls like a "Bad boy" they might say "Thats bad or hes bad" in the sense which they have given it a positive connotation. Now words have a positive or negitive connotation based on the context in which it was used is nothing new to english or language in general for that matter. However if people are using a word different becuase of "Association" that is not the same as saying they are using it out of ignorance.
Like for example there is some words in languages you only would understand if you speak that language. The reason is while the literal interpretation means one thing, it means something else to them since its a word of association not a literal interpretation. For example a word can literally mean "Dog" but in that language it means any type of furry mammal in the animal kingdom. Why does it mean that? Since a dog is a furry mammal.
That is a word of association not one of ignorance. Which again goes back to my example of (Retarded vs stupid). Intelligence is measured on a IQ chart, anything under 70 is mentally retarded, so we could assume above that say 71 is just very stupid. So if 71 is stupid you could say retarded means you are VERY STUPID.
Now mentally retarded people are not actually what we consider today as "Stupid". The difference between a stupid and a retarded person is all the right parts are there and we have no extra or none missing. People who are retarded either have too little or too many parts and so they can never be a fully functioning human.
You also might like to know that stupid and many other terms we use to identify people with a low IQ barely above 70 all once were used to mean mentally retarded but after people using them in a negative manner the meaning was changed. Since retardation is on a spectrum though you could understand where this type of thing might happen.
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Also in case it was not clear when I said "Too little or too many parts" I was speaking on a biological level. Since with things like retardation it has to do with genes and Chromosomes.