CHOKE, CHOKED: a 21st century version

   

   Call this 21 ^st century a century of words perversion.

   

   For instance, a simple meaning for choke means "to become unable to breathe usually because something gets stuck in your throat."

   Also the word, choke, has another entirely different meaning as a part of the automobile that regulates the fuel of an automobile.

   The synonyms for this noun are: gag, retch, cough

   The word choke becomes the "choked" version in the 21^st century, is a transitive verb.

   For instance, "to grip (as a baseball bat) some distance from the end of the handle —usually used with up."

   Closest in the political sense, the word choked, was popularized by the plain spoken POTUS-elect of 2016 in a derogative description of the 2012 Republican candidate.  The same word was used by Hillary Clinton during a contentious debate with the now POTUS-elect.

   All in all, the perversion of words in this 21^st century reference use of words for other than simple meanings for words converted to any situation not considered in another era.

   For instance, in the case of the POTUS-elect, according to a recent TV special the sport of baseball was played well enough to be considered by a scout for a major baseball team.

   The progressive of words and meanings becomes a 21^st century fact as the world becomes less predictable, and like everything else, change of meanings of words is all we can count on.