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Words And Their Implied Meanings

Would you rather belong to the "Apple Dumpling Gang" or the "Crypts"?
The connotation of the word gang reaches "hit an all time low" in the 1990's.
We envision today's gang members as drug lords who kill each other on street
corners. Society rejects and imprisons them. Once members of a "gang" simply
shared common interests and enjoyed social acceptance, much as members of a club
today. Many pairs of words have experienced a similar disagreement in
connotation throughout the years.

The term "revolutionary" currently enjoys more social acceptance than
terrorist. The mind-set of a revolutionary thinks he/she must change a
horrific aspect of society by forcing a break-down in ...

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and "club" only one denotes violence. The
dictionary defines gang as, "A group of persons working together; a group of
persons having informal and usual close social relations." The definition of a
club reads as follows, "An association of persons for some common object usually
jointly supported and meeting periodically." Hidden beneath each definition,
lies a more subjective, personal definition lodged in each of our minds. Why
must society negatively characterize gangs and positively characterize clubs?
We now associate the word "gang" with group of juvenile delinquents who create
disturbances with violence and misconduct. Commonly, society associates, the
word "club" with a positive environment where young people can have positive
role models in their lives who support them. Unfortunately gangs correspond
with corruption and clubs equate with honor. Maybe we can solve the gang
problem by getting them to join clubs.

Yet another combination of words similarly defined, ...

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