A friend of mine pointed me to this definition of information from the Urban Dictionary -- "Information means marijuana, and to be informed means to be high." This is actually the number 1 definition of information in the Urban Dictionary. As hilarious as this is, it of course makes me question what goes on at my school, the College of Information. Honestly, we do spend an exorbitant amount of time debating what information means, but this definition is not one I've heard in any of my classes. Are we completely off track?
I was already aware of the entertaining definitions of librarian in the Urban Dictionary. I happen to be a fan of definition 1 -- "Information Master; One to be worshiped." If that were only true...
It's really interesting how we define words and how each of us can define a word differently from everyone else. I guess that's the whole point behind semiotics, my favorite topic from last semester. As anyone who knows me knows, I am always happy to talk about the fact that words mean nothing at all beyond a person's interpretations. I agree with Shakespeare about the whole rose thing. Clearly, anyone can make up a word (or take an existing word and change the meaning). All you have to do is use the word enough and get your friends to use the word, and before long, it'll be used on TV (or in Shakespeare's case, in your own play) and suddenly be a real word. Right now, I am working on spreading eleventy, a number made up by my friend Aaron. It is used to represent an indeterminate number, as in, how many years will it take to get a Ph.D.? Eleventy!
So, if you have nothing else to do, check out the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com). I promise you'll be entertained for hours.
Friday, March 21, 2008
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