From class: “but all words are made up anyway…“
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” — or, “The limits of my language stand for the limits of my world” — or, “The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922)
- Hispanic via the OED
- Stereotype via the OED; see senses A 1. and 3 b.
- “Why are missiles called ‘Peacekeepers,’ when they’re aimed to kill”? — Tracy Chapman
