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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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It's not really that I interpret it in another way, but I never really thought about the structure of the word π
Go further. For example, people say 'gypped' without knowing it's a pejorative reference to the word 'Gypsy' which is itself a pejorative of the Romani.
My favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
What's sophist mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue)
Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.
I remember learning this about 20ish years ago and telling my then-sister in law about it when I explained why I wasn't going to use it anymore. I got told I had a stick up my ass, and this was by a marginalized (gay, immigrant) woman. (Somewhat unrelated note - very grateful she's a former relation.)
So glad people have been learning and I've been hearing "gypped" less and less in recent years.
Some words have simply entered common use and become decoupled from their former meaning. Maybe your acquaintance was right.
Watching my own language means my "acquaintance" was right? I don't think I'm the one with a stick, if that's the case.
Seems like Orwell was right
And the Egyptians, too!
Iβve had similar realizations about words like βacrossβ and βagainβ.
I get "across", but what about again?
A gain. In addition to.
βA gainβ as in one more. Gain meaning βan increase in amountβ
Yeah, actually I had never thought about the structure of the word either. Thanks for the great shower thought!
I've definitely had a similar feeling with band names and brand names, etc. You're just so used to hearing them that they are their own thing without being the component words that the name contains.
Ha same