vaughn tan
@vt
seeking a word each for the following 2 definitions definition 1: "Using the same word to refer to many different things" definition 2: "Using a word with a specifically understood meaning to refer to something with a different meaning." anyone?
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vaughn tan
@vt
actually, here are the updated 2 definitions for which i'm looking for words definition 1: "Using one word with a specific meaning to refer to many different things with different meanings" definition 2: "Using one word with a specific meaning to refer to something with a specific different meaning." anyone?
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vaughn tan
@vt
closest anyone's got so far is OVERLOADING for 1 and APPROPRIATION for 2 the words were for describing some impt ways we misuse "risk" and "uncertainty" — diagram below is work in progress ... https://i.imgur.com/EA4gd9q.jpg
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tony mf
@tonymf
a related word to both these things is definitional “creep”
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Les Greys
@les
ChatGPT says: Definition 1: The term you are looking for is "polysemy." Polysemy refers to the phenomenon where a single word has multiple related but distinct meanings. 👇🏽
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miguelito
@mc
idiom
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