Pixelated Semantics

A schizotypical inventory

Robots talking underwater and the verbal equivalents of faded jeans

A succinct but descriptive exposition of the processes of modern language appears in a case study of the current use and abuse of the term 'gravitas':

'Some words become fashionable, the verbal equivalents of faded jeans. Lexical trends spring from pop culture (bling-bling and yada yada) or current events (pandemic and refugee).'

Faded jeans for one linguist may be a neoprene suit for another: American researchers are 'teaching underwater robots to speak, learn and make decisions on their own' - using 'complex algorithms and linguistics to create their language, expressed in sound waves underwater'. Wonder if it's anything like Tibetan SMS?

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