LIFE N LEXICON

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