What are they and what is their purpose? Thankfully most words have definitions that are clear enough. There are some words that once had clear enough definitions but now are what I would call an empty vessel word. Like the term implies an empty vessel word is one that anyone can pour any meaning into. They mean different things to different people. Their status as Empty Vessel Words is not an accident. Oh, it may have started off that way initially as folks with a different perspective assigned different meanings to words. But now they are intentionally used to muddy not clarify, we can see this by noting that these words may mean different things to the same people at different times.
Empty Vessel Words
Empty Vessel Words
Empty Vessel Words
What are they and what is their purpose? Thankfully most words have definitions that are clear enough. There are some words that once had clear enough definitions but now are what I would call an empty vessel word. Like the term implies an empty vessel word is one that anyone can pour any meaning into. They mean different things to different people. Their status as Empty Vessel Words is not an accident. Oh, it may have started off that way initially as folks with a different perspective assigned different meanings to words. But now they are intentionally used to muddy not clarify, we can see this by noting that these words may mean different things to the same people at different times.