When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
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You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means.
Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding a word of what they hear. They are trying to get hold of words, and they often demonstrate this fact by repeating joyously some word which they have been able to grasp.
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
We think people go to a dictionary to find out what a word means. Most people go to the dictionary because they don't want to look stupid.
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle and mean the opposite.
Like Humpty Dumpty, we can make words mean anything we want them to mean.
I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.
At my house, it's an, 'If dad says it, you can say it' kind of deal, so a lot of my slang words come off very childish at this point in my career.
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