Why we need new words by Andrew Kaufman Flashcards
(For) What is the first argument of why we need new words?
- We shouldn’t let anyone stop us. Anyone can do it.
(For) What is the second argument of why we need new words?
We don’t need even need the dictionary either. Quote: ‘because after all ‘a dictionary is just a book no dfiferent from Fifty Shades of Grey’
What must a new word do?
-It must serve a purpose and not random. ‘We cannot be created with a fisted bash to a keyboard…’
‘Your new word should be a mash up of pre-existing words’
(For) What is the third argument of why we need new words?
A new word can offer us a short or more conventional way of describing a situation.
What example is used to support the third argument?
An example is the blended word ‘blursing’ which means ‘an event, gift or circumstance presents qualities and consequences that are simultaneously positive and negative’
Why not just say ‘curse and blessing cause its’ cubersome and plus there is no chance to the doge the curse and only receive the blessing’
(For) What is the last argument of why we need new words?
+ It’ just easier, tbh and also there is a necessity for these words. (links with previous as well)
What example is used to support the last argument?
'’Cidiot’ is someone who has spent so long in a city they have lost he ability to perform the rural population sees as outrageous common sense.
“First, he didn’t slow down when it started to snow, then he turned away from the skid, not into it; and I had to tow him out of the ditch - what a cidiot!’
