Webster's Definition Of The Word Beautiful
To begin, the definition of being politically correct according to Merriam Webster is “conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated.” As seen in the opening example, there were two definitions of the word “beautiful.” The one I used in my complement personally meant that I recognized the presences of a person’s character. The other and most common meaning of using the word beautiful as a complement, meant they found a person specifically a woman attractive due to her physical presence. Different meanings or definitions of the same word is what can make language hard to understand sometimes because not everybody thinks alike and that is what our society today is forgetting.
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The generational gap is a perfect example of how views changes throughout time. Slang is a perfect example of how a word that was already invented can now have a new definition and become popular in the human language. As humans creatures, it is one of our duties to explore the world like any other animal species and be open minded about other views that are out there because let's face it if every human thought the same, our world would literally be boring because there would be nothing interesting to elaborate on. It’s similar to food, there’s always the original flavor that a company comes out with first but then as the company starts to become popular they start to distribute different flavors to satisfy their variety of customers taste
The generational gap is a perfect example of how views changes throughout time. Slang is a perfect example of how a word that was already invented can now have a new definition and become popular in the human language. As humans creatures, it is one of our duties to explore the world like any other animal species and be open minded about other views that are out there because let's face it if every human thought the same, our world would literally be boring because there would be nothing interesting to elaborate on. It’s similar to food, there’s always the original flavor that a company comes out with first but then as the company starts to become popular they start to distribute different flavors to satisfy their variety of customers taste