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What words are.
All thoughts are invisible. They become audible when spoken and visible when written or typed. Words make thoughts audible, or visible—thus legible ( legible thoughts ) .
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by profact September 25, 2018

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The encapsulation of the fact that individuals who know more, make better decisions, and live better.
Know more know better is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. Know more live better is an extension of that idea.
by profact September 25, 2018

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The set of words which (established and) maintain reality.
"Could we change reality by suppressing, hiding, or extricating the Reality Maintaining Words?", asked Professor Spot Tricks. "How many RMWs are there anyway?" Asked Joe. "How many RMWs do you estimate there are", asked Dick. "How many RMWs do you estimate exist", asked Bernd. The instructor commended Bernd because "exist" is concise, whereas "there are" is prolix, and clarified that listing all the RMWs would exact mountains of time, so it is more likely that only an estimate, not a specific number, could be achieved. Then she asked the students, "And could we change reality by promoting the use of a different set of words?" "Yes", said most students. "What would you call those words?" "Reality Correcting Words", said Sally.
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by profact September 13, 2018

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The confidence one feels having learned where to place, and when not to place, a comma.
Tired of suffering from comma insecurity, Charles studied and achieved comma confidence.
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by profact September 13, 2018

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A cell phone or mobile device which advertisers uninvitedly use to sell things to cell phone users by sending them text messages but also popping ads on the interface, especially when users are surfing the Web.
Some advertisers uninvitedly turn my cell phone into a sell-phone, an S, E, L, L phone.
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by profact July 19, 2018

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A thought which the thinker raises to a higher level by extracting it from his brain by saying it to himself and or others, verbally, nonverbally (such as by making a sound, a face, or a gesture), and/or by writing or drawing it. Expressing a thought also confirms to the thinker and those who are made aware of it that that thought was real, clarifies it, and makes it more useful. If the thinker or someone else records the thought in writing or in another way, it will not be forgotten and may help him in the future.
The following is an example of "thought expression". Carlos felt uncomfortable as the chair he sat on rolled away ever so slightly. Determined to do his homework, he attempted to ignore the feeling but told himself, "I felt it. I felt it," turned, got up, walked to the bedroom, and on his way there told himself verbally, "I felt afraid the chair would continue rolling and I would fall on the floor. That's what happened". With his feet on the floor and his knees bent, he laid back on his bed knowing that would calm him down. Knowing he is a hypersensitive person (HSP), he knew he could not deny his feelings because when he has, his body has given him some type of pain in his back, neck, or organs to remind him to not deny the things he feels. Today he also told himself, "Por algo...", to express his realizing that "God makes me feel the things I feel, for a reason."
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by profact July 12, 2018

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A takeoff on idiolect (1948), which means, "the language or speech pattern of an idiot at a particular period of life", specifically, "the language or speech pattern of one individual idiot at a particular period of life".
Though his idiotlect as a teenager was more pronounced, at 36, it is still clearly discernible. Idiolect could be called "idiolex" to emphasize "lexicon" (a person's vocabulary).
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by profact June 20, 2018

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