{"id":1623,"date":"2019-04-27T00:10:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T04:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2019-04-26T16:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:41:20","slug":"whiplash-x-cuses-thats-all-that-is-given-for-these-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"Whiplash! – \u201cX\u201d cuses, that\u2019s all that is given for these changes."},"content":{"rendered":"

Whiplash: An injury to the neck caused by an abrupt jerking motion of the head, either backward or forward; And in the case of writing or speaking, can be caused by a rapid change of topic without prior notice.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Whiplash! – \u201cX\u201d cuses, that\u2019s all that is given for these changes.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

With high eXpectations, I attempt to find things with an \u201cX\u201d in them to write about. That is not an easy task. In the past three years of A to Z Challenge, I\u2019ve written about Xanadu (<\/span>http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=635<\/span><\/a>), future X-Ray technology (<\/span>http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=939<\/span><\/a>), and not to do what is eXpected (<\/span>http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1243<\/span><\/a>). There are not many good \u201cX\u201d words out there, which is why one has to start using words that begin with the sound of \u201cX\u201d as in eXperience. Clearly, this is not a problem that only I face. The solution is clear; we must start creating new words that begin with \u201cX\u201d. There\u2019s plenty of room in the \u201cX\u201d section of the dictionary. My son created the word XSpring when he was young. He defined it as, \u201cit looks and feels like Spring, but it\u2019s not really Spring.\u201d It usually occurs during Winter. How about using Sniglets (<\/span>Sniglet = Any word which should be in the dictionary but isn’t.) <\/span>Here\u2019s one I found using a \u201csniglet\u201d search: <\/span>xiidigitation (ksi dig TAY shun) – n. \u00a0The practice of <\/span><\/i>trying to determine the year a movie was made by deciphering the Roman numerals at the end of the credits.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Sesame Street presents the letter X<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here: Sesame Street presents the letter X<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

So come on people. Make our lives easier as A to Z bloggers and come up with more new and creative \u201cX\u201d words!<\/span><\/p>\n

Whiplash!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Xenophobia – That\u2019s not a word that appeared in the standard dictionary until after I was born, I believe. I have a copy of the Oxford Universal Dictionary copyright 1955 and with all the X words that are in it, xenophobia was only added to the dictionary for that edition; it wasn’t in the 1952 edition. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now it is so popular, that in 2016, xenophobia was made the \u201cWord of the Year\u201d by Dictionary.com. <\/span><\/p>\n

If you happen to be a hermit or don\u2019t pay much attention to what is happening in the world around us you may not know what the definition of xenophobia is. Google\u2019s definition is: <\/span>dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries<\/span>.<\/span> Its synonyms include racism, racial hatred, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, and bias.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Now that you are familiar with what it means, look around you, watch the news, read the newspapers; You\u2019ll see why it is such a popular word. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t get it. Each of us is unique. We have our own personalities, our own looks \u00a0(though some are inherited) and our own beliefs. That makes us all different. That\u2019s what makes what we are as a people great. Our diversity is what gives us strength. What we can\u2019t do, is able to be done by someone else. Where we struggle, others help. If we were all blind and not able to see our physical differences, we would probably be perceived as the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

So does that mean to solve the problem of xenophobia and hatred of those different from you, everyone should poke their eyes out? <\/span><\/p>\n

I would think that most of our belief systems believe in being kind and helpful to all those that are like us. Maybe we need to expand the definition of who \u201cus\u201d is. We\u2019re not black or white, Jewish or Muslim, gay or straight, and so on. We are people. Why is it that dog or cat lovers love that species regardless of what the individual dog\/cat looks like? They certainly are different. Why can\u2019t we all just be people lovers. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m probably thinking very small at this point. Surely there are other species out there in the universe that undoubtedly are different from us. We\u2019ll just have to wait until we contact each other and then redefine \u201cus\u201d again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whiplash!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Feel free to invent\/create any \u201cX\u201d words that you like. Send them to me or put them in the comment section. Who knows maybe next year for A to Z I\u2019ll write about one of your \u201cX\u201d words. Do you have a doable solution to the rise and proliferation of xenophobia? Do tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s not giving up; Till next week\u2026 <\/span><\/i>\u201c<\/i><\/b>Y\u201d can\u2019t he stick to one topic!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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