Definitions
As we expand our vocabulary, do we become more critical and self-opinionated? Or do we become more needy and truthful?
'My First Book of Words', would tell you the literal meanings of words. What an apple is. What a happy face looks like. So, the classic sentence in pre-school, 'I friend you.' 'I don't friend you anymore'. Friends - a literal word, which would probably mean, i am talking to you and playing with you. Acquisition of adjectives makes life a bit more complicated. You group your friends, still probably a literal meaning, whether they are best, good, ok, blah blah... a la autograph book. Then, you start to develop an identity, and start to question intentions. Does 'friend' mean the same thing anymore? Has it remained a word to define loose, vague relationships, and for something more concrete, you use a separate word? Or have you upped the status of 'friend' to something concrete, and used another word for looser relationships. I belong to the latter.


'Friend' is a big word. That's why the noun 'friendship' exists. Kin-ship. Relation-ship. It needs to be something stronger than an occasional 'Hi, Bye.' Wouldn't that just be acquaintances? Something i've been thinking about. Probably doesn't apply to social birds.