“I read this essay once about ownership of certain words and how meaning could change based on whether it was an in-culture language or if you were outside of it.” She stopped talking, embarrassed. “Sorry. I’m not trying to sound smart. It just made me think of it. I couldn’t even tell you the theories the writer mentioned.” “It makes sense,” Lucas said. “There are words that mean something different based on where you are or how you grew up.”
