What does the word lexicon mean?
A dictionary
What is a dictionary?
A book in which we can find
The spelling, meaning and usage
Of words in a language
How many dictionaries
Are there in the world?
May be countless
A few are considered standard
Oh! I see shall I tell you
Something new
Yes please!!
There are as many lexicons
As many the people….
Yes let me give you
A few examples
Toddlers have their own
Chweety-tweety lexicon which
A mother alone understands
A man n wife has their unique
Lexicon which in their sense
Words mean different
Lovers have their own
Naughty hot lexicon
Where they have their own
Terminology…..only they can follow
This again keeps changing often
Not the words but the meanings
Semantics applies not only
To a lingua franca but to
The generations too
For that matter
All professionals and common people
Have dictionaries of their own
From the highest cadre to
The lowest each of them
Have their own meanings
That are comprehended
In their own circles…
A house wife and a maid
Have their own special lingo
As a boss and a sub-ordinate
Have their own formal
And informal dictionaries
As the time passes by
The meaning of a word
Changes and sometimes Also used in various contexts
Sometimes satirical
Ironical and metaphorically too
So I say dear pals……..
We got to always revise
Our own lexicons day to day
Generation to the other
Aren’t we doing it with life?
Yes life too is a lexicon
In which words keep
Changing their usage
And new words come into
Changing their old meanings
We got to go with times
Never find fault with words
But it’s the usage
That changes the meaning
Hence no lingo is static
It is dynamic and ever flowing
So dear friends
Catch up with
Time flow …
Take it in your right stride
Words are words
Cute little pies
Only we keep attributing
Meaning to them…..!!!
……love jagathi
