{"id":1670,"date":"2013-05-04T01:51:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T05:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:51:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T05:51:34","slug":"slash-as-a-conjunction-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"Slash as a conjunction word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/linguafranca\/2013\/04\/24\/slash-not-just-a-punctuation-mark-anymore\/\">an interesting article<\/a> about the word \u201cslash\u201d becoming a new modern conjunction word, as when people say the word to mean what its corresponding symbol means in writing, as in: \u201cI think I\u2019m going to watch TV slash take a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have used the term myself, though not often, and I would never spell out the word in writing, such as in a blog\/article.&#160; (See?)&#160; And when I say it, I prefer to physically slash the air with two fingers for gesticulatory emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we can quickly infinite loop the definition of \u201cslash\u201d by defining it as \u201cand slash or\u201d meaning \u201cand and slash or or\u201d meaning \u201cand and and slash or or or\u201d ad infinitum.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it\u2019s interesting to see how language evolves like this.&#160; I\u2019m always annoyed when people say \u201cthat\u2019s not a word\u201d as if only some select group of humanity has the ability to decide what is and isn\u2019t a word.&#160; There\u2019s a fine argument to be made that just making up a word or changing a word\u2019s definition without anyone\u2019s consent will only hurt your chances of being understood when you try to communicate, but if the meaning is clear by the word\u2019s context and the origins of the word\u2019s roots, language can be completely gruptious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an interesting article about the word \u201cslash\u201d becoming a new modern conjunction word, as when people say the word to mean what its corresponding symbol means in writing, as in: \u201cI think I\u2019m going to watch TV slash take a nap.\u201d I have used the term myself, though not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[262],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gI4B-qW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardwalk.com\/newblather\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}