{"channel":"misc","content":"My list of \"firmament words\" ( words that are too difficult to define without already understanding language at an advanced level, or that are so fundamental they are often embedded in grammar rather than stand-alone words) from a few years ago:\r\n\r\n--MORE--\r\n\r\n<<< I / me\r\nyou (singular)\r\nhe / she / it\r\nroyal we\r\nme and you\r\nyou (plural)\r\nthey\r\nme and them\r\nyou and he/she/they\r\nthis\r\nthat\r\nthe other\r\nlogical AND\r\nlogical INCLUSIVE-OR\r\nlogical EXCLUSIVE-OR\r\nlogical NOT\r\nboolean TRUE\r\nboolean FALSE\r\nboolean INDETERMINATE\r\nboolean UNKNOWN\r\nboolean RANDOM\r\nreference name definition\r\nreference link\r\nlist beginning indicator\r\nlist separator indicator\r\nlist terminator indicator\r\nstring beginning indicator\r\nstring ending indicator\r\nnamespace indicator\r\nnumber indicator\r\nUnicode code point indicator\r\nuse-mention indicator\r\nconversational register\r\ninquiry register / question mark\r\ncommand register\r\nsuggestion register\r\ndeclaratory register\r\nobservational register\r\nintent declaration register\r\npoliteness indicator: to a divine entity; prayer register\r\npoliteness indicator: towards a guardian/parent\r\npoliteness indicator: to a government official\r\npoliteness indicator: to a peer / classmate / coworker\r\npoliteness indicator: to a close friend\r\npoliteness indicator: to a small child under 10\r\ncategory: time\r\ncategory: place\r\ncategory: element\r\ncategory: number\r\ncategory: animal\r\ncategory: plant\r\ncategory: microbe\r\ncategory: majestic object\r\ncategory: network object\r\ncategory: appliance\r\ncategory: personal object\r\ndescriptor: shape\r\ndescriptor: color\r\ndescriptor: size, scale, duration\r\nadverb: superlative\r\nadverb: slightly, a little bit\r\n\"positive utility\", good (and not bad), to like\r\nlaw, rules, procedural order\r\nethical, good (and not evil)\r\nrelating to an explore exploit tradeoff, \u201crisk(2)\u201d\r\nprobability, likelihood of an uncertain outcome, \"risk(1)\"\r\nbelief, faith\r\ndesire, to want\r\nto represent, to act as a fiduciary for\r\nto possess (1), to be a part of a whole\r\nto possess (2), to be in one's inventory\r\nexistence (to demonstrate a set is not empty)\r\nmeasure word: count of discrete objects\r\nmeasure word: indicator for a unit of measure\r\nmeasure word: some\r\nhint: subject-verb transition\r\nhint: verb-object transition\r\nhint: object-object transition >>>","created_at":"2026-01-23T20:24:41.625211","id":734,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"

My list of \"firmament words\" \u2699\ufe0f words that are too difficult to define without already understanding language at an advanced level, or that are so fundamental they are often embedded in grammar rather than stand-alone words from a few years ago:\r

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I / me\r

\n

you (singular)\r

\n

he / she / it\r

\n

royal we\r

\n

me and you\r

\n

you (plural)\r

\n

they\r

\n

me and them\r

\n

you and he/she/they\r

\n

this\r

\n

that\r

\n

the other\r

\n

logical AND\r

\n

logical INCLUSIVE-OR\r

\n

logical EXCLUSIVE-OR\r

\n

logical NOT\r

\n

boolean TRUE\r

\n

boolean FALSE\r

\n

boolean INDETERMINATE\r

\n

boolean UNKNOWN\r

\n

boolean RANDOM\r

\n

reference name definition\r

\n

reference link\r

\n

list beginning indicator\r

\n

list separator indicator\r

\n

list terminator indicator\r

\n

string beginning indicator\r

\n

string ending indicator\r

\n

namespace indicator\r

\n

number indicator\r

\n

Unicode code point indicator\r

\n

use-mention indicator\r

\n

conversational register\r

\n

inquiry register / question mark\r

\n

command register\r

\n

suggestion register\r

\n

declaratory register\r

\n

observational register\r

\n

intent declaration register\r

\n

politeness indicator: to a divine entity; prayer register\r

\n

politeness indicator: towards a guardian/parent\r

\n

politeness indicator: to a government official\r

\n

politeness indicator: to a peer / classmate / coworker\r

\n

politeness indicator: to a close friend\r

\n

politeness indicator: to a small child under 10\r

\n

category: time\r

\n

category: place\r

\n

category: element\r

\n

category: number\r

\n

category: animal\r

\n

category: plant\r

\n

category: microbe\r

\n

category: majestic object\r

\n

category: network object\r

\n

category: appliance\r

\n

category: personal object\r

\n

descriptor: shape\r

\n

descriptor: color\r

\n

descriptor: size, scale, duration\r

\n

adverb: superlative\r

\n

adverb: slightly, a little bit\r

\n

\"positive utility\", good (and not bad), to like\r

\n

law, rules, procedural order\r

\n

ethical, good (and not evil)\r

\n

relating to an explore exploit tradeoff, \u201crisk(2)\u201d\r

\n

probability, likelihood of an uncertain outcome, \"risk(1)\"\r

\n

belief, faith\r

\n

desire, to want\r

\n

to represent, to act as a fiduciary for\r

\n

to possess (1), to be a part of a whole\r

\n

to possess (2), to be in one's inventory\r

\n

existence (to demonstrate a set is not empty)\r

\n

measure word: count of discrete objects\r

\n

measure word: indicator for a unit of measure\r

\n

measure word: some\r

\n

hint: subject-verb transition\r

\n

hint: verb-object transition\r

\n

hint: object-object transition

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