Friday, 29 July 2016

Introspective Lexemes


Introspective lexemes.



Introspective: the act or process of looking into oneself.

Lexemes: basically a word but here’s the all knowing Wikipedia with some in-depth enlightenment




For a good portion of our lives we are looking for our titles.

 “What do you want to be when you grow up”

“Time to start thinking about the future”

“What programs are you applying for”

“Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years”



All these questions that are leading to answers about who you will be in this world. Finding yourself vs creating yourself. Some people just seem to have themselves “figured out”. By that I mean they are just so them, which probably sounds weird but if you know someone who is you’ll know what I mean. Before I get to metaphysical I will redirect focus to



INTROSPECTIVE LEXEMES *cue lasers and transformers type font*

I don’t know when it started but I have this fascination with words, linguistics and the decomposition. Recently I’ve been thinking of words Id use to describe myself that have a subtle double meaning.



Example:



Fringe or what I elaborated into “fringester”

Fringe defined quickly is 1. An adornment on clothing  2. Meaning not part of the mainstream.

“Fringster” came from thinking of hipster like someone who come’s across trends while they are outside of the mainstream.



Though of in the bath tub the other day:

“extra ordinary”

1.Because It’s an oxymoron and 2. It’s aaa .... than I was questioned what is the word for a word that is made up of words. (say that 5 times fast lol) Like in-between which is also me ish



Anyways I Google what is the word for a word made of other words and found

Portmanteau Definition:  a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words, or their phones (sounds), and their meanings are combined into a new word. Eg. Smog or Brunch



And the obvious answer. Compound

Portmanteau blew my mind, it’s one of those things you come across and you can’t stop thinking about all the possible answers.



This is definitely more rantish than my other journals. I’ll admit I don’t know at all where this is going, I just thought I came up with a great title for something that always rattling around my head. Okay here we go. Maybe the point is there is no point. YES. BRILLIANT. That we can be asked for all the years of our lives what, when, where and we can get the answers from infinite sources.

We shouldn’t have to aspire to become answers to these questions by a certain human lifespan value. Especially not ones expressed by a word or successes. I think we limit ourselves by making age a series of boxes and ticking the check mark as we go along.



“you’re still young” has become by favourite and least favourite phrase. 1. it’s a euphemism, meant to make me feel better 2. What about when I’m not still young. 3. I don’t think I like euphemisms

Moving to Australia has been very enlightening for me , I’m alone in the world for the first time, I’m meeting heaps of new people for short periods of time and I’m thinking more than ever about the future and my future. Yes separate futures. Also I have what I like to refer to as a “small social circle”.. ha..haha.. I have a lot of time to myself. I hope this wasn’t toooo existential. Just existential enough.











Side note is rap mucis was actually educational



word word word word word, words

English, Latin , French word word word word word words.

Linguistics and gram maarrr mar mar mar marrr

Pronunciate without a stam mmar mar mar mar merrr





I KID YOU NOT WORK JUST CAME ON AS I FINISHED THIS AND MY ITUNES IS ON SHUFFLE. SERENDIPITY AT IT’S FINEST.

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