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GunDragon
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So late last night a thought occured to me about the english language.I thought about the many words we are losing because almost every freaking person I see thinks about sex when someone says a perfectly normal word.For example balls is a word mistaken for something else.Why else do you think we are losing english words?

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beholderslayer
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In a way, the English language is getting more words. Now words, like ball, have more then 1 definition, so you can use them in different ways. Like I could say "I play with balls" and you could interpret
that in 2 different ways, so it's like we're getting new words.
We have ball- The round rubber inflatable and ball- a mans nuts.

Reton8
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We have ball- The round rubber inflatable and ball- a mans nuts.


Nuts -
1. Enthusiastic, Keen
2. Crazy, Insane

Nuts - Hard shelled fruits
SirNoobalot
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it is a mixture of cultural advancement (or lack), slang, and the effect of culture on the way people think. For most teens (especially now), Many words/terms have a hidden sexual meaning that most adults probably wouldn't understand (Hence TWSS).

leo99rules
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Someone once spent a day coming up with different names.

I won't mention them but seriously you couldn't last 10 seconds in a fast food restaurant without seeing 30 of them.

cmb2kool
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Well that happens a lot to me to, It is just a bunch of immature people who thinks its funny. You could say something now and then people crack up because to them it has a way different meaning!

GunDragon
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Do you mean that we're losing the proper definitions of words and not the words themselves?

Yeah.

crazenird
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ahhhh, i know this is the opposite of this threads purpose, but me and my friend (hes 12, im 13) were reading a history book and (yes its immature) could NOT stop laughing when we read that humans were once 'homo erectus'

What do you mean im immature? Your mom was immature in bed last night!

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That shows how "normal" you are. As long as you don't become a feverish sex addict, that's good.

Your mom was immature in bed last night!


If banging half-decomposed bodies is your thing.
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