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Showerthoughts
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
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LOL! 99% of people absolutely do not look up a new word when they hear it. If the listener thinks it makes the speaker sound smart then they get a vague idea of the meaning from context and then start using it – often in the wrong context. All the dummies of the world repeat this process and it spreads like a virus.
And thus, another word with a very specific meaning gets turned into another broad-meaning synonym. If don’t believe me I’ll caveat all over your nuances until you verbiage.
Much like you and the comment you replied to, people DO "find a definition" without looking it up. They use context to assign a definition. They may end up inferring a completely different definition than anything you've heard, but they have defined it in some way.
You offer an interesting vintage, but I’m going to have to resonate with you. Your ideas are just too methodology.
Perhaps you could offer your own vintage, so that we may come to a dissonance.