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Words you can't clearly convey the meaning of.
Topic Started: Dec 19 2010, 05:10 PM (327 Views)
Mighty Oracle
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Does anyone else experience this? Like, you know full well what a particular word means, but yet you also have difficulty adequately explaining it?

For me, the word "extrapolate" comes to mind. I know what it means, but it's hard for me to convey it to others.
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Enrei
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I have a hard time explaining myself sometimes, and it normally leads to hand motions and made up words.
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Raven
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Can't think of anything in particular, but I do often have the trouble that, while I clearly understand what something means in my head, I just can't seem to put it into words.
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Polantaris
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Well, here's a good example. If you were talking to someone who was color blind, how would you describe color to them?

"It's past the red building."
What's red?

Fuck if I know how to explain it.
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dawsy380
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But what if your red is actually my green and we all perceive colors differently? When I was little I thought I was so cool for thinking of that but apparently everyone does. I was very sad when I found out.

And as for the actual question of what's red, the only way I can think of to explain it is that it is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of whatever. Of course that doesn't really help the blind man, but that's the only objective way to explain it that I can think of.
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WolfenAmphithere
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Best example ever:

"Ambiguity" (or any variation of it)
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