The 21st century meaning of the word "slouching"

 

It seems that in the 21^st century the definition of "slouching" is offered not as a word, but in the "social" power of language, and in this era, the "slouching" meaning is centered on an individual's "posture." 

Are you wondering whether the words we use are changed, or adapted by some unseen power that wants to shape the way the world is viewed?  I found the Stanford University article, which I have listed, that actually discusses why language is undergoing a structural change.  And the title states the "why" succinctly, "the-power-of-language."  

Is it possible that without our knowledge  the power of language is unleashed by the education establishment?

 All of the above should be in mind  if you live in the USA.

The nations worldwide guard their cultural with language, there are no changes, only in the USA do we let our "betters" decide how we change our words to benefit those who seek to control "the power of language."

https://www.today.com/health/quit-your-slouching-how-fix-bad-posture-1d80232323 

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/slouching 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slouch  

https://news.stanford.edu/2019/08/22/the-power-of-language-how-words-shape-people-culture/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What does the word ID short for identity mean?

 

The increasingly complicated 21^st century world existence makes it imperative that everyone knows what the ID/identity means and about the importance of proving who we are.  In this post of Words & Meanings, the meaning of the word ID short for identify is part of the many ways our ID/identity matters.  

No longer do we live in a simple society, wherever we live or plan to go, or need to relocate to, the ID/identity we have proves who we are.   

Wherever we were when we were born has given us an identify of some sort. Although in unsettled countries, often ID/identity may have not have the usual form the major nations of the world use.  In the USA when we go to school, our parents will need to show our ID/identity with a birth certificate.  If children come from another country without proof of ID/identity, then the parents will need to abide by the rules of the local school's Board of Education.  It's up to the Board to  make some form of exception to the birth certificate ID/identity.  

From the date of birth, you can't be you without your ID/identity.  Now people may have a choice to amend what it says re gender or parental origins.  Although in this 21^st century the USA and some other nations are examining ways to do this, depending on where you live those changes may or may not yet be possible.

  

What is the importance of your ID/identity? 

To travel the world, or even in your local neighborhood, you need your ID/identity. Without that proof, you can't live in this 21^st century world.  More importantly to maintain living in our 21st century digital world you must have a "valid ID/identity." The many laws passed by the Federal government, especially "The Patriot Act" entail having a "valid ID/identity" to do your banking.  You need a social security number to work in the USA.  Even if working illegally, some form of Id/identity is necessary.  There is no way anyone can exist with an ID/identity.  Even someone who lives in a tent and is homeless will eventually need proof of who they are.  

Your birth certificate may be difficult to obtain.  There are various other forms of ID/identity that are often acceptable.  All depending on the "decider" who wants to know who you are.  f you don’t have one, you will have ask how you can comply.  Whatever is important to you, at some point you will need to prove you are you, whether you like it or not.  This is the result of the advances in technology and the complicated global world we live in. 

As for voting, the Board of Elections is the "decider" about what they need to prove you are you.  The USA is "alone" among all the nations of the world when it comes to proving who are to vote isn't necessary.  For the past decade one political party's political advantage has become a mantra to eliminate any form of ID to vote.  The voting process is in their playbook, depending on where you live you may be where proving you are you isn't necessary to vote. 

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/id 

In the 21st century's year 2022 the words "social class" heralds new perception

In the year 2022 and beyond, global society will have to reckon with another perception about the "social class" order that will re-identify the mid-21^st century's "social class" with another perception:  depending on who is most affected by an altered social class will determine whether wars are fought and for whom.

Wikipedia.org defines the words "social class" as, "…A grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories,  the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes. Membership in a social class can for example be dependent on education, wealth, occupation, income, and belonging to a particular subculture or social network.

And the new global perception of the 2 words "social class" are further defined  among the definitions offered by Google's link to Oxford Languages definitions:  "…the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status..." 

This same Google link Oxford Languages definition offers another even more defining definition:  "…people who are socially disenfranchised by class". 

Encyclopedia.com" reference illustrates how the words "social class" affects the global community, i.e. "… CLASS, STATUS, AND ORDER. All human societies require systems of classification..." 

According to Encyclopedia.com, "…These systems straddle the imagined boundary between the ideal and the real, creating a standard by which society can assess, judge, and, if necessary, punish…" 

This same Encyclopedia.com has further insights about "social class. 

"…Early modern Europeans inherited from their medieval ancestors a system of classification called the society of orders, yet they lived in a world increasingly structured by economic status, which modern societies have termed a society of classes. Historians long accepted three simple propositions about European social classification: The Middle Ages had a society of orders; the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had a society of classes; and early modern times had neither, forming a sort of battlefield in which "classes" overcame "orders…"

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=definition+of+class 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class 

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/class-status-and-order