If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
Hey…
I hope all of you are doing well…!
Another already answered prompt forcing me to cut short my answer and get into one of my saved posts or getting into my notes app to find something worthy of your time…!
Well an answer for the prompt would be something like this…!
I wouldn’t necessarily ban a word because I’m not in a position to do that,
But,
what I’d like to happen is to do away with the dual meaning of words that happen after another generation picks it up…!
For example the word
Cooked,
Meant that the “food was ready” but these days it means something else entirely…!
These days in slang it means “to be in big trouble or exhausted”
This duality has ruined a lot of words like
Slay
Glaze
Bet
Tea
The list goes on and on…!
I would do away with this duality because it’s hard for me to search for the meaning behind the slangs all the time…!
One of my posts underneath ⏬
You only see what you want!
Don’t you…?
No…
Sometimes,
They only show what they want to be seen as,
and they’re so good at it,
you come to know this later…!
They aren’t even a speck of what they act,
like their behaviour and their actions can be the polar opposite of what they are with someone else…
Glad I came and distanced myself,
or rather,
I’m glad things came up and brought distance between us…
Now that I sit back and see,
I cannot agree more with those pointing fingers at you because of who you are,
rather,
what sort of a person you are…
I’m glad and breathe in peace,
That,
There won’t be any fingers pointed at me,
for the fact that I am still in contact with you…!
(P.s.
I might have been in contact with you once,
but,
all of our connections are long gone,
And I have not a single speck of regret for that…!)
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 