The origin of clue is from the old English clewin, meaning ball of yarn. This came to mean the modern sense of 'clue' through the story of the Minotaur, in which a ball of yarn is used to help solve the maze which entraps the titular minotaur. Over time, its meaning spread metaphorically to mean an aid to reach a solution, giving us the modern word 'clue'.
No one from here is a normie. And that's an opinion. Please respect others opinion. (as someone who only knows yeet and doesn't even know what a normie is)
NOT WITH THAT ATTITUDE IT WONT. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EVER GET MY SLIPPERS IF YOU REFUSE TO FETCH THEM FOR ME??? THIS ISNT THAT FARFETCHED OF A CONCEPT DAMN IT, NOW GO FETCH ME MY SLIPPERS HAROLD
In Singapore we live in a multiracial country. We mix English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil together. With our own sentence structure that look like English but isn't. Although most people prefer to call it broken English or singlish.
Another good example of changed meanings: *Literally* and *Figuratively* "I was literally skating on thin ice when the principal came in to talk to me." "Really? I didn't know you skate." Okay, I'll see myself out...
Ted Ed's animation is so creative, clean and satisfying, it makes the whole video that much more attractive and it draws you in effortlessly to pay actual attention to what is being said 😍
*TRIGGERED AND YOU KNOW* samurai Jack release of its last season earlier this year. There was this scene where Aku ordered henchmen through a phone, when asked what size he stated "EXTRA THICK" with a sly face,
I am A chaotic abstract writer. And I absolutely love how words that I grew up in and around the Pittsburgh area, gave me different sounding words. And to travel to Ohio, on a regular, and holiday basis. Gave me that spoken verble differences. So, be re words that some or words that change is how we all understand our situations as to do as in Rome.
Interesting. English is an extreme case of lexical flexibility, often praising to have the largest vocabulary of any living language. This video clearly states that around 50% of the words on record are loan words, though, and they seldom go through any adaptation to the English spelling or phonetical patterns. In Spanish, we might borrow words, just like any language does, but we do not count those loan words as part of our vocabulary unless they have either gone through an adaptation process, called "castellanización" (Castilanization) or they are so widespread that we commonly form sentences with them and often give them new meanings. The Real Academia Española is way stricter in that sense than Oxford. I'm not saying that one is better than the other, just pointing out some differences...
Is it now? I'm assuming you mean that in Lithuanian people tend to stick more to native words. I see no downside to that. Either approach has its pros and cons, but in the end, speakers find the way to express what they want, regardless of what "official" academies approve or disapprove.
The RAE is prescriptive, but the OED is descriptive. I definitely prefer the descriptive approach which allows for more flexibility and ultimately a larger vocabulary that means more nuance can be expressed.
So imo, you can't really define if it is or is not autological. The word "meme" is autological if the word "meme" is a meme. And we know it is memetic so we know it is autological. The word "autological" is autological if "autological" is autological. So we are left with the same question we started with. A=B if A=B. That statement is logically sound wether "autological" describes itself or not, so it is undefined.
The word acnestis is so uncommon that my phone thinks it's a mistake. Acnestis describes section of the backbone between the shoulder blades that an animal cannot reach. We often apply medication on the acnestis of a cat or dog, but when we talk about humans, it refers to the part of the back that we can't scratch. It would be cool if this word adopted a new meaning for an itch you can't scratch. What's your acnestis? My acnestis is reintroducing words into english. It'll probably never happen.
You should read The Selfish Gene, it's a classic. His original 'meme' was describing any idea or concept that can be shared between people. And similarly to genes, where a 'successful' gene will eventually spread to whole populations, a successful meme will spread to whole cultures, spreading to new brains as we communicate. So it can be anything, a joke, a rumor, a stereotype, the concept of patriotism, the custom of tipping waiters, the trope of how pirates are described in movies, etc etc. Any idea that can be passed from person to person.
Please convey TOGETHER my love and greetings. Never, ever, I thought a video can be this beautiful. And the subtle sound effects, like when the vinyl played and there was a background hum. Mesmerising!
judging by the new words like thicc, holycow, how bout dat, dab, city england i'd say the biggest scientists and the most intelligent people are behind these words
Tell Me This Words come into fashion/or are coined not because they are made up by the academe, or a highly intelligent person, but because /ordinary/ people use it. Words cannot be words if they are not widely used. 😊
it was too much of a hint. "Clue" literary means thread. Judging from the hint you left, thread, or clue, came to mean a piece of guiding information by the way that Theseus used it to get out of the labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur, acording to the Greek Mythology. Ariadne had given him the thread and Theseus was unwraping it as he was moving inside the Labyrinth.
So in other words, actually spelling a new word with laws and systems that make a language coherent don't actually make new words, we just keep borrowing from each other and splicing existing words until the whole world speaks the same broken language. Love it
Two womens met at heaven they start taking to each other 1: how did you died sis 2: due to cold , how did you died 1: due to blood pressure, actually when I was outside someone told me that my husband is having affair with another girl , I ran to my house and found that there is no one except my husband , I start searching the whole house garden balcony etc but find no one I had so much tension that my blood pressure increases and I died 2 : why didn't you check the fridge
First of all, neologism is not a new word! It is an old word! Also, it is not ironic because a word doesn't have to be the definition of itself to not be ironic. Neologism means new word but isn't a new word itself. For example, scary isn't a scary word but it's still not ironic. Here's a great video by Ted-Ed explaining irony: ua-cam.com/video/tqg6RO8c_W0/v-deo.html
The word clue originated from the mythology story of the maze and the Minotaur. In order for the main protagonist to maneuver his way in the maze. An item was given to him as a ball of string called A Clew so he could find his way out.
This video is amazing BUT ITALIANS DO NOT EAT SPAGHETTI AND MEET BALL, so plz stop spending that thing, sorry about the rush but today is the fourth time I see that thing branded as Italian
Dude, every one of those words is already dead. But listen: If any words that are youth slang now DO turn out to stand the test of time, that's because they work, and you'll live with it. Complaining about the fact that slang exists at all just makes you look ridiculous.
We already do. If there is a significant group of people who all have the same (or at least very similar) understanding of what a certain word means, it is a proper word. So all of those things you listed would be words (except "on fleek," which is a set phrase). In fact, the very fact that you recognize them as common phenomena is an admission that they are words.
I've created a expression word Word: "wanderlust" Expressions: Wanderlust Wednesday (a weekly theme or hashtag) Wanderlust warrior (an adventurous person) Lost in wanderlust (feeling overwhelmed by travel desires)
The origin of clue is from the old English clewin, meaning ball of yarn. This came to mean the modern sense of 'clue' through the story of the Minotaur, in which a ball of yarn is used to help solve the maze which entraps the titular minotaur. Over time, its meaning spread metaphorically to mean an aid to reach a solution, giving us the modern word 'clue'.
ey Alex Robson stop looking at the answers
SPOILER ALERT!!!
That is interesting. In Turkish it is "ip ucu", meaning the end of the string.
Wow
@@usta6573 Evet
"Where do new words come from?"
Well uhm, when a mommy word and a daddy word reeeally love eachother....
Funny
B T kkkk. Melhor comentário!
B T AHAHAHA DED
When people speak other language thinking you speak it
The specific word you are looking for is a four letter word that begins with an F.
Ted ed is one dank memer
Uveys Uysal I'm sorry but if you consider a meme from 2012 "dank", you are a normie
Loominarty Confurmed Thats exactly what a normie would say
Uveys Uysal true
No one from here is a normie. And that's an opinion. Please respect others opinion. (as someone who only knows yeet and doesn't even know what a normie is)
Apparently “dank memer” translates to “thank you”…
"...or never catch on in the first place" FETCH WILL NEVER HAPPEN GRETCHEN
NOT WITH THAT ATTITUDE IT WONT. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EVER GET MY SLIPPERS IF YOU REFUSE TO FETCH THEM FOR ME??? THIS ISNT THAT FARFETCHED OF A CONCEPT DAMN IT, NOW GO FETCH ME MY SLIPPERS HAROLD
In Singapore we live in a multiracial country. We mix English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil together. With our own sentence structure that look like English but isn't. Although most people prefer to call it broken English or singlish.
Kagome but when used by foreigners, it's cringy
cool
Cringy is a new word?
kaptaintrips cringe isn't a new word and cringy that's just adjectival form and cringe is a verb
Cool! Can we see an example?
"The word meme itself is a meme" MEMESEPTION
memeseption itself is a memeseption.
*-ception
Meme has 4 letters. 4 x 3 is 12. 3. 3 points in a triangle. 3 divided by 3 = 1. 1 eye. ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED
@@sethmaskovich6541 bruh
@@sethmaskovich6541 Hilarious! haha
The visuals are sick!
And wicked!!1!!1!1
OH NO WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL-
Haha, SICK
Another good example of changed meanings: *Literally* and *Figuratively*
"I was literally skating on thin ice when the principal came in to talk to me."
"Really? I didn't know you skate."
Okay, I'll see myself out...
Words that should be brought back
into popular use:
Gadzooks!
Dweeb
Yonder
Thither
Chum
Feel free to add your own
Will Armitage jeepers
Will Armitage I love the word yonder
Will Armitage hey dweeb is in use!
Godspeed is a word I feel isn't used enough
Does chum means boyfriend ? 'cause in my language it does
Ted Ed's animation is so creative, clean and satisfying, it makes the whole video that much more attractive and it draws you in effortlessly to pay actual attention to what is being said 😍
Where did THICC come from?
your mom
*TRIGGERED AND YOU KNOW* samurai Jack release of its last season earlier this year. There was this scene where Aku ordered henchmen through a phone, when asked what size he stated "EXTRA THICK" with a sly face,
*TRIGGERED AND YOU KNOW* your sister
The adjective "thick"
I thinc
I am A chaotic abstract writer.
And I absolutely love how words that I grew up in and around the Pittsburgh area, gave me different sounding words.
And to travel to Ohio, on a regular, and holiday basis.
Gave me that spoken verble differences.
So, be re words that some or words that change is how we all understand our situations as to do as in Rome.
Interesting. English is an extreme case of lexical flexibility, often praising to have the largest vocabulary of any living language. This video clearly states that around 50% of the words on record are loan words, though, and they seldom go through any adaptation to the English spelling or phonetical patterns. In Spanish, we might borrow words, just like any language does, but we do not count those loan words as part of our vocabulary unless they have either gone through an adaptation process, called "castellanización" (Castilanization) or they are so widespread that we commonly form sentences with them and often give them new meanings. The Real Academia Española is way stricter in that sense than Oxford. I'm not saying that one is better than the other, just pointing out some differences...
Is it now? I'm assuming you mean that in Lithuanian people tend to stick more to native words. I see no downside to that. Either approach has its pros and cons, but in the end, speakers find the way to express what they want, regardless of what "official" academies approve or disapprove.
And it's actually around 75% loanwords. I do agree in part with the RAE and it's willingness to protect the language as long as it's not so harsh.
The RAE is prescriptive, but the OED is descriptive. I definitely prefer the descriptive approach which allows for more flexibility and ultimately a larger vocabulary that means more nuance can be expressed.
wow .. very true with indian languages too.. nice insight
This video is pretty much perfect with the visuals, music and flawless pacing. The best TED-Ed by far.
The word ‘meme’ is autological.
The word ‘autological’ is also autological as it technically defines itself.
"Autological" is not autological because it does not describe itself.
So imo, you can't really define if it is or is not autological.
The word "meme" is autological if the word "meme" is a meme. And we know it is memetic so we know it is autological.
The word "autological" is autological if "autological" is autological. So we are left with the same question we started with. A=B if A=B. That statement is logically sound wether "autological" describes itself or not, so it is undefined.
The word acnestis is so uncommon that my phone thinks it's a mistake.
Acnestis describes section of the backbone between the shoulder blades that an animal cannot reach.
We often apply medication on the acnestis of a cat or dog, but when we talk about humans, it refers to the part of the back that we can't scratch.
It would be cool if this word adopted a new meaning for an itch you can't scratch.
What's your acnestis? My acnestis is reintroducing words into english. It'll probably never happen.
tha-that is such a cool thought!!!!!!
Dawkins invented the Meme, yet he fights the largest meme of all time.
Let them fight.
Oh, God, right?
It was very strongly grounded in Charles Darwin's idea of memes, just Darwin used the term meme as a purely biological term
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I saw that... "Sky Walker" 2:00
MushroomManToad I saw you on phoenix sc lel
Look Sky Walker
Me too.
cross chair
ua-cam.com/video/YiEhNsDQ5sw/v-deo.html
Ted Ed, the only people who can make the word "meme" sound scientific...
If you could describe this video in one word, what would it be?
Jan Sanono THICC
*S T E L L A R*
Strognologene
🅱ｏｎｅｌｅｓｓ
Jan Sanono wordless
I know one important word "Quizzaciously"
thanks, vsauce.
Thanks Vscauce
And as always, thanks for watching.
I wonder quizzically at what that is supposed to mean
Good video, good tone! To the point, good pacing!
Whoa... Richard Dawkins was the first to coin the word 'meme'? Wow!
yeah didn't know that either
You should read The Selfish Gene, it's a classic. His original 'meme' was describing any idea or concept that can be shared between people. And similarly to genes, where a 'successful' gene will eventually spread to whole populations, a successful meme will spread to whole cultures, spreading to new brains as we communicate. So it can be anything, a joke, a rumor, a stereotype, the concept of patriotism, the custom of tipping waiters, the trope of how pirates are described in movies, etc etc. Any idea that can be passed from person to person.
Omkar Paropkari
He explains it comes from the latin root 'mem' meaning mind/memory and 'gene'
Because his whole BS is a big meme!
The atheist edge lord crusader himself. He hates God so much he built his entire life around it. How sad.
Please convey TOGETHER my love and greetings. Never, ever, I thought a video can be this beautiful. And the subtle sound effects, like when the vinyl played and there was a background hum. Mesmerising!
Am I only one who really enjoyed the music played in the video?
Gadzooks! Imagining all these dead words send shivers down my spine!
judging by the new words like thicc, holycow, how bout dat, dab, city england i'd say the biggest scientists and the most intelligent people are behind these words
I didn't know "how bout Dat" was a word
Tell Me This , Do You Even Word Bro
Tell Me This Words come into fashion/or are coined not because they are made up by the academe, or a highly intelligent person, but because /ordinary/ people use it. Words cannot be words if they are not widely used. 😊
None of these are even new words and thicc literally just a mispelling of thick
CodeKillerz I agree with you, finally able to find someone smart
Always making amazing content ! Learning all the time with your videos ! Keep rocking !!!!!!!
Villain’s original meaning makes a lot of sense, like the vill- from villa and village plus the -ain from captain and chieftain
No WAY did "Groovy" come from the grooves in a music record! I can't believe I never put that together!!
Ikr! I thought the same thing
This video really reminded me of the channel Vox.
They make similar videos. They even both made a video on the Metric system.
D.A.B Science and More! Ted is less political and no bs propaganda
jay fawn yawn typical 13 year old troll
Your motion graphics artist, deserves a raise. This was great.
addison is my favourite voice actor. i legit screamed his name when i heard it cuz i hadn't watched it in a while.
thank you.
you dont know how long ive been waiting for this.
In 4:00 the DNA helix spirals in the wrong direction. We just learned that in It's Ok To Be Smart.
Im at work right now someone tweet it to him
It’s Okay To Be Smart- Is that the Brain Quest thing?
When it's not OK to be smart:
“How dare you” + “but you’re not wrong” = The Audaccuracy!
They pronounced Meme properly, clearly people of high intellect behind these videos
This mans narration gives me the will to live.
The reason why new words sometimes dont catch on is becauae fetch will never be a thing Gretchen.
cadr003 😢
hahahaha
Your channel is the best channel ever. It is fun and valuable at the same time. Thank you for your efforts
Covfefe.
True Pug Lord god damnit
"Despite the constant negative press covfefe"
Is there a petition to add this to the Oxford Dictionary?
@@doggocat4464 let us do it
What does that mean?
I've wondered this all my life. So glad someone actually said something about it
Recpecc whamen
Cencar
Sam Jain lol recation time said that
I remember watching a Vsause video on the most common used words. Some words are used more than others.
Really nice background music! Does anyone knows what it's name is?
This video was wicked sick. Keep up the groovy work.
2:07 Sea Star*
2:04*
Ted ed just gets better and better
it was too much of a hint. "Clue" literary means thread.
Judging from the hint you left, thread, or clue, came to mean a piece of guiding information by the way that Theseus used it to get out of the labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur, acording to the Greek Mythology. Ariadne had given him the thread and Theseus was unwraping it as he was moving inside the Labyrinth.
So in other words, actually spelling a new word with laws and systems that make a language coherent don't actually make new words, we just keep borrowing from each other and splicing existing words until the whole world speaks the same broken language.
Love it
Two womens met at heaven they start taking to each other
1: how did you died sis
2: due to cold , how did you died
1: due to blood pressure, actually when I was outside someone told me that my husband is having affair with another girl , I ran to my house and found that there is no one except my husband , I start searching the whole house garden balcony etc but find no one
I had so much tension that my blood pressure increases and I died
2 : why didn't you check the fridge
Priyanshu Singh lmao
Priyanshu Singh your grammar gave me cancer
arisoda 😂😂
I don't get it... Oh it was her sister...
the music in this video is absolutely amazing!!!
From where the word TED-Ed CAME FROM?
BigDogJang0 thanks!
Theses vids are really relaxing, I always watch them before going to sleep
Here's a new word for you.., *neologism.*
It practically means a new word so it's ironic.
What's ironic is that its like over 150 years old.
First of all, neologism is not a new word! It is an old word! Also, it is not ironic because a word doesn't have to be the definition of itself to not be ironic. Neologism means new word but isn't a new word itself. For example, scary isn't a scary word but it's still not ironic. Here's a great video by Ted-Ed explaining irony: ua-cam.com/video/tqg6RO8c_W0/v-deo.html
@@GivenFailure thats nit really irony but ok
Don't you mean "the state of making a new word"?
Your video was so stellar
RIP Gadzooks
Goutham Reddy it was a word
AS YOU KNOW...................................................................... THIS IS THE SMARTST CHANNEL! EVER TO BE KNOWED....
"wubba lubba dub dub" is overdue to be entered into the English dictionary
*I was shookt.*
I hope Oxford English Dictionary will include this ~word~ in the future.
There was sky walker
uweihai Alan Walker
I love watching your videos! You teach me so much!
The word clue originated from the mythology story of the maze and the Minotaur.
In order for the main protagonist to maneuver his way in the maze. An item was given to him as a ball of string called A Clew so he could find his way out.
I have long been suffering from a vernacular disease. Time to up my wordrobe.
2:02 Skywalker
Just became a patreon sponsor because I love your content and beautiful animations!
Teens that are trying to edgy create them.
Groovy comment! Ayyyyyy! *Bumps the Jukebox*
Most words you use today were created by edgy teenagers of the past.
That reminds me of the word savage.
Did anyone bother to use the word savage for what it meant as before it got caught on? Pretty sure I might've
Sheeeeesh
I'm so glad that I subscribed because this channel is just amazing
This video is amazing BUT ITALIANS DO NOT EAT SPAGHETTI AND MEET BALL, so plz stop spending that thing, sorry about the rush but today is the fourth time I see that thing branded as Italian
Well, spaghetti was invented in Italy, wasn't it?
And not everyone that speaks Spanish/Castillian is a Mexican Mariachi, thank you.
Guffaw, Pashaw! I am laughing at this thread!
Always astonished by the quality of TEDed
Answer: the dictionary
Beau Buehler, cause after every year, the dictionary just thinks of a word and it magically pops us.
oh no it pops us?
Try
the animation is *STAGGERING*
gud night from india
Sree Krishna good night from Saturn
the visuals and music were v pleasing (the content too ofc)
COVFEFE!
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
3:45 meme
▄OnceThereWasAPersonWithALongUsername.ItWasSoLongThatItWentAcrossTheScreenAndStopped. *🅱e🅱e*
I totally love this channel.
Ooh you ted-ed geek's
This is my favorite narrator 💗
I learned nothing
Is a new word before
I express energy as languages and understand that words are the architect of reality.
Where do new presidents come from??? 🤔
the motion graphics on this video are on point
covfefe
Great inspiration for our channel
We need objective standards for what a proper "word" is. Babble like "on fleek", "bae", and "THOT" should not be taken seriously, and thrown out.
bruh
Dude, every one of those words is already dead. But listen: If any words that are youth slang now DO turn out to stand the test of time, that's because they work, and you'll live with it. Complaining about the fact that slang exists at all just makes you look ridiculous.
We already do. If there is a significant group of people who all have the same (or at least very similar) understanding of what a certain word means, it is a proper word.
So all of those things you listed would be words (except "on fleek," which is a set phrase). In fact, the very fact that you recognize them as common phenomena is an admission that they are words.
i consider those words as Internet Slang which is very different from slang
This might be my favorite Ted Ed video.
Word creation are one of my favourite aspects amd topics of English Language.
I could watch these visuals all day long
Amazing Ted just loving your site
Love the illustration
I've created a expression word
Word: "wanderlust"
Expressions:
Wanderlust Wednesday (a weekly theme or hashtag)
Wanderlust warrior (an adventurous person)
Lost in wanderlust (feeling overwhelmed by travel desires)
I love the music in this video!
I agree because every day we can express new word.We can know different word in different language.
This was an awesome. My favourite in a while.
As a Vocabulary Titan myself, I enjoyed this video.
I like to think that a synonym for "maddening" should be "angrifying"
I have always wanted this video.
This art style is sooo cool😎