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The loosest terms going, or the first five entries to the laxicon of
\nfree-floaters: <\/p>\n

1. Interactive (adj): between something or other and something else
\n2. Social (adj): A. togethering and whatnot; B. with people
\n3. Technology (n): A. tools and such; B. the intricate logics of tools and such.
\n4. Discourse (n): language stuff
\n5. Image (n): A. any of a number of lookseegawks; B. a picture<\/p>\n

Nah, I’m not calling for constricted usage.  Yet these are a few of the
\nones that, when they get used, stir me to quietly wondering just what’s meant. 
\nSimply, they’re ballooning with connotations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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