@ All: How to spot a child or adult that has a misunderstood word:
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Ways to tell when someone has a misunderstood word: 1. One gets a distinctly blank feeling. 2. A washed out (tired, weary, dopey) feeling. 3. A not there feeling. 4. A sort of nervous hysteria. 5. The manifestation of needing to run away from the topic. 6. Stupidity. 7. Inability to demonstrate the concept. 8. Various complaints, faultfinding and look what you did to me (natter). 9. Dullness. 10. Inability to use the data. 11. A confused idea of something or belief there is some conflict of ideas. 12. Arguing and fussing about ideas or confusions in the directions or material. 13. Generating weird ideas and erroneous concepts of what the text says. 14. Doing wrong things and saying the text said to. 15. Asking strange ideas of instructors. 16. Clamoring for "clarifications". 17. Altering meaning or action. 18. Falsifying, twisting or corrupting communication, ideas or application. 19. Glee. 20. Dope Off. 21. Study statistics drop off for seemingly no reason. 22. Not quite so "bright" as one was fifteen minutes ago. 23. Exhibiting just plain lack of enthusiasm. 24. Taking too long to do something with clear instructions. 25. Yawning or disinterested or doodling or daydreaming. 26. Does not brighten up when the word is found and used in several sentences in order to develop a full conceptual understanding. 27. Trouble with what one is reading. 28. A datum seems unbelievable. This can be reviewed and implemented immediately and precisely each time. With little practice the results are quite clear and not open to any sort of debate. You can immediately spot those unfortunate people that have misunderstood words and try to pass them on to others. A Misunderstood Word or Symbol is a word or symbol for which the person has: 1. A False (totally wrong) Definition - It has no relationship to the actual meaning of the word or symbol whatsoever. 2. An Invented Definition - A version of False Definition. The person has made it up himself or has been given an invented definition. This Misunderstood Word is difficult to detect because you invented it and you are certain you know the definition of the word or symbol. 3. An Incorrect Definition - A definition that is not right but may have some relationship to the word or symbol or be in a similar category. 4. An Incomplete Definition - A definition that is inadequate. 5. An Unsuitable Definition - A definition that does not fit the word as it is used in the context of the sentence one has heard or read. 6. A Homonymic Definition (one word which has two or more distinctly separate meanings) - A homonym is a word that is used to designate several different things which have totally different meanings: or a homonym can be one of two or more words that have the same sound, sometimes the same spelling, but differ in meaning. 7. A Substitute (synonym) Definition - A substitute definition occurs when a person uses a synonym for the definition of a word. 8. An Omitted (missing) Definition - An omitted definition is a definition of a word that the person is missing or is omitted from the Dictionary he is using. 9. A No Definition - A no-definition is a "not understood" word or symbol. 10. A Rejected Definition - A rejected definition is a definition of a word which the person will not accept. The reasons why he will not accept it are usually based on emotional reactions connected with it. The phenomenon associated with misunderstood words is known. This is something you can use to your advantage to predict, control and manipulate individuals in either a positive or negative manner, by either helping them or simply taking advantage.
The words a person uses, or their vocabulary, will often tell their story.