Show Notes from Brave Conversations Episode 1
Seinfeld Episode Clip: “Yada Yada“
7 English Words that Nobody Uses Anymore
According to dictionary.com, more than 300 new words (*correction: the actual number is closer to 1,000) are added to our vocabulary every year. Unfortunately the article I used is no longer available. However an updated list is here.
Here are just a few: woke, mom jeans, lumbersexual, manspread, intersectionality, and ghosting.
There are 50 Eskimo words for snow.
The language you speak changes the colors you see.
How this tribal culture discovered a new emotion. Here’s a link to the explanation. In the article, you’ll find a link to the Invisibilia podcast episode.
Lera Borodiski’s Ted talk on how language shapes the way we think.
Michael Knowles: Control the Words, Control the Culture
Closing Thoughts to Ponder:
Words are the currency of the information age. He or She who creates the language gets to create the rules. Whatever your politics, think about this. What gets talked about and written about and tweeted about gets heard.
- Which words are erecting unnecessary cultural walls and which are tearing them down?
- Which words are persuasive and which words are ineffective?
- Church leaders, educators, and bloggers, are the words you use really working?
- Are you in control of your words or are you a victim of the words you hear?
- Are they working to point out truth or to soften a lie?
- Are there new terms or phrases we need in order to bring clarity where there is now confusion?
Notice the words that you see or hear today. Do they make your blood boil or do they draw your attention? Could it be that those “trigger” words for you don’t even mean the same thing to another person who uses them?
Chris and Liv talk about the word “privilege.” View the entire conversation here.
If you’re ready to participate in our private Brave Conversations group, join us here!
Thank you to Chris Mellen and Live Davis for entering into this brave conversation.
Special thanks to Dan Jurusz, Portia Noble, and Jake Sloan for helping me get this first podcast off the ground!