Meaning Of The Word Thick

Unfortunately our society has developed a bad image of what “beautiful” is about; this image often ignores the real attributes of a real beauty creating the “thin” parasite in our community increasing unhealthy lifestyles raising the question in the “Thin” cult, as “Am I Thin Enough Yet?” This leads me to some questions that I often ask myself. How far would a person go to look “good” just to satisfy the eye of others? Is it really worth living a life chosen by other people instead of controlling our own self esteem and choose what we want for ourselves I don’t think so, that’s insecurity, or a low self steam. In the Book “Am I Thin Enough Yet” by Sharlene Hesse-Biber. Delia often referred to the word pretty as “Pretty to me if that you have to be thin.” That’s because of the influence she received from her mom and father who often used the word beautiful to her and thin relating it as something higher. The thing is, when we are part of something either a religious group, political party or a cult. We get influence by the euphoria without using rationally just to be part of that group. Our intelligence and common sense drops down to zero without thinning about the consequences of our own actions.

The essay “The Meanings of a Word” by Gloria Naylor discusses the many definitions of a word and how its meaning can change according to context and delivery. She made this point by telling a story of her childhood and the first time she heard the n-word used by a white person in a derogatory, demeaning way. She described her this situation that took place when she was in third-grade and a boy in front of her in math class called her the n-word. She had no idea what it meant to be called that in a negative way because the people she grew up around only used it as positive and empowering. At the end of her essay, she once again emphasized how easy it is to change a word into something hateful simply depending on who says it and their

As the human race gets older we change the meanings of words to accomplish a deep need to feel superior to other groups of people. This "tragedy looms larger than farce in the United States [and other countries] today" (Kozol). Sometimes people will use a respected name but give it the context of an insult, others use terms of endearment to promote or demote someone, and still others use derogatory names.

Situations dictate the type of language people use on a daily basis. People use careful language because they don’t want to be perceived as the bad guy. They are afraid of offending somebody, which nowadays is more

Within a sorority, there are various terms that are held secret due to our ritual ceremonies; however, there are also numerous terms that we will use in everyday language. These terms are average words that are used throughout the day by a vast majority of the world population. However, when the words are used in the sorority environment, they take on a completely new meaning. In other words, they are semantically altered. A primary example is the transition of the words big and little from adjectives to proper nouns. Instead of defining an object’s size, these terms are now used to name your big and little sister in the sorority. I remember getting asked my freshman year, “Are you going to rush?” I immediately thought, “Rush where?” As I transitioned into the Greek community, I quickly realized that the term rush changes meaning and now means going through sorority or

For example, back in slavery time, African Americans “had to quickly adapt to the English language of their masters” (Ettlinger). This adjustment has altered blacks in the south to adapt the way the English language is spoken in the south. Moreover, the word drawl is often confused with the morpheme word “draw.” If the letters “ers” is added, we not only get a completely different word (drawers), but it becomes plural in the case of drawls. Though the words sound similar, there is a huge difference in their

The English language has transformed dramatically with influence of history, cultural changes, and economic social classes. For instance, the term “bae” is now used often in today’s youth and pop culture. This term is often used as endearment. “Bae” should be removed from the English language because it makes no sense and extremely annoying.

Slang is the key reason words take on new meaning. A teenage girl may say a guy is hot! This does not mean he is sweating, it means he is good looking. This is an example of slang. People familiar with slang will understand this

The words that we use to communicate with others are nothing more than symbols that we have all agreed on to represent a specific object or idea. It can be any word used to specify something, making it arbitrary, but it has gained a popular vote, therefore, it has been used. For example, the reason why we call a cup a cup is because society has agreed on that word to symbolize a cup, even if there is no correlation or logically reason why a cup is called a cup. Since language is arbitrary, it changes over time and according to places. A couple of decades back, out term “soda” for the carbonated drink used to called “pop” or “coke”, nowadays, in the East, the word “soda” is more popular, while in the South or Midwest, the word “pop” or “coke” is more popular. Another example is the use of the word “you all”. The South developed into using “y’all” instead while the North continues to use “you all”. Our communication with others is dependent on the fact that language is arbitrary,

Body type is another issue, not everyone is skinny, I’m certainly not. But just because you can’t see my ribcage or I have thick thighs doesn’t make me fat. Fat isn’t a bad word either, people believe that just because someone has some meat on their bones means their “fat” and that gives them a right to put that person down. Everybody is beautiful in their own way, you don’t need to be super skinny like some of the fake people you see on TV or in a magazine to be beautiful. Everyone has a different body type, and each one is

There is a tacit dichotomy that is found between most words of simple value which inherently have such powerful esteem in what is predominantly a Western society. In many ways, the essay entitled "Simple Ways" provides numerous examples that support the preceding assertion. The specific terms for and the implicit connotations of words such as good (and its antipode bad), property, and culture, all suggest a polarization that the author presents plentiful evidence to indicate is simply not true or, at best, is decidedly manipulative. A close examination of these terms and their impact upon society both at present and in a historical context reveals that this type of misleading jargon is essentially without definition and is merely relative to serve the advantage of one person or group of people or another.

How people say things is truly important. An example of this that is common used is; Let’s eat grandma, and Let’s eat, grandma. The implications of both these sentences are very different, the first one you’re eating grandma for dinner. The second is an invitation for grandma to join the family for dinner. Linguistic translation and interpretation is a common problem throughout history and in modern times as well. Language has negatively affected history and as well as the present. In comparison though, language has encouraged positive human interaction throughout and in modern times as well. Everything from communications between counties and world leaders, to looking for a bathroom in another country has been affected by language and our understand of that language.

Language has gradually advanced over many millions of years. Slang has developed, and other cultures languages and quirks have made their way in, and it has become one. Language has a way of shaping our identities, and personal cultures. It brings us together, and sometimes it even makes us move apart.

Our society and advertisers have placed a large amount of emphasis on being thin no matter how much this new era of self-images is emerging. Society will continue to make their dietary choices despite this acceptance industry movement. Frankly, the fashion industry should encourage and promote proper eating habits and daily exercise for specific body types as opposed to stating that a particular body shape is acceptable. As individuals, we are created with different body types, and this is what we as a society should be our focus. Also, retailers should examine what works for a particular body type along with publicizing healthy lifestyle habits for

Thin looks more healthy and attractive. Thin looks you more better in clothing that you would want to wear. In my opinion, being thin is not what it is all cracked up to be. Being thin has many benefits in a matter of health tissues, but being fat doesn’t necessarily mean that the fat person is close to have heart attack. It all depends on the person. Fat is good, it gives you that insulation that you need during those long, lonely, cold nights because there’s no one to hold you. People are too into thin is “in” idea, not seeing that fat can be beautiful.