Posted by MissK on April 24, 2008, at 8:59:34
In reply to verbal and non-verbal... » MissK, posted by twinleaf on April 24, 2008, at 7:24:54
>the topic she introduced, and had been willing to describe what it is like for her to feel, in part, not grown up
Well, okay. I am not asking her though what it is like to feel no grown-up. I am NOT asking her what she feels. I am asking what she means when she says and uses the word grown-up.
Apparently, her definition or meaning of grown-up is not the same as the dictionary definition of grown-up. I want to know then what is her definition.
She said she knows precisely what she means when she says it.
And unless you also know precisely what she means, then I do not think you know anymore than anyone else here what she is talking in using the work because she's not said what she means when using it.
Of course, some people like hazy and vague and discombobulated definitions. They are welcome to them, but at what point do their words and what they write and say become meaningless and untrue then if the proper meaning of a word no longer applies or only applies when you feel like it?
So, again, if the word grown-up doesn't mean an adult, a mature person or no longer childish, then I ask what does it mean. In this case, I am asking Dinah what it means to her, not what you think it means for her.
Dinah's responded she knows precisely what it means for her. So, I await the definition of what it means for her along with everyone else here if she cares to share it.
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