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Did You Hear the One I Just Made Up? |
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As Gary Barwin has noted, "words are happy out of context," just as people are happy to get away from it all. Yet there's a price to be paid: words experience post-decontextualization blues. Time out of context is supposed to revive and refresh, but sometimes the opposite is true. Words with post-decontextualization blues feel disappointed, angry, and even depressed. Instead of feeling rested, these words are exhausted and often feel they need another decontextualization. Etymologists maintain that unmet expectations often account for a word's post-decontextualization blues. Words often acquire their unrealistic expectations from promotional literature. Brochures make every decontextualization seem wonderfully outside reality. Visiting relative pronouns can also cause stress due to a lack of peace and quiet. Grammarians suggest returning from a decontextualization on a Friday so that words have Saturday and Sunday to decompress and readjust.
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