the menace of ‘just’
One word can make all the diference in the world. Take ‘just.’ Apparently, it rates as the 51st most commonly used word in the English language, beating ‘good’ by a rank of 14. Think about how many times, today alone, you’ve heard it; said it; or more importantly - thought it. Turns out ‘just’ is a polysemous word in it having several related meanings. No big deal - lots of words are poly now-a-days and rightly so. Though, I know which spiteful meaning my leaning was constantly weighted toward. Is it ‘just’ in the sense of proper; merited; lawful; reasonable? Or, precisely; recently; barely; almost? Actually? Really? Positively? Nah. Most of the time it's that little hidden meaning that turns...