You Know what I Mean?

Does A Word Mean What It Says? Sometimes - But Not Always. Everyone Thinks That Meaning Is Contained Within Words - Like Sardines In A Tin Or Milk In A Bottle. After All Words Are Nice Stable Things That You Can Look Up In A Dictionary Aren''T They? But Dictionaries Only Take Us So Far If You Eavesdropped On A Teenage Conversation Rushing To A Dictionary - With Its Definitions Frozen In Time - Wouldn''T Help Much. Who''S Using A Word And To Whom In What Context For What Purpose - All These Influ...See More