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words are made to communicate information. this information may or may not be of intetest to others, and indeed of little concern to the speaker. but there could be no words that are devoid of information. (they may be devoid of meaning, or not clear to a listener).

not all information may be convayed in words, or successfuly articulated as such. in that case, the conveyence of information is a failure.

now, all successful conveyence of infirmation depends on an establised context that is known to both speaker and receiver. contexts may vary wildly and with the the intended information that is meant to be conveyed.

now, all successful conveyence of infirmation depends on an establised context that is known to both speaker and receiver. contexts may vary wildly and with the the intended information that is meant to be conveyed.

the word 'inkpot' may normally be received as a reference to a somewhat archeic container of small size which held ink or other writing fluids and was readily accessible to a quill.

however the word can be used as a derisive tone, or a desperate plea for writing fluids (perhaps to record the location of the treasure, before dying). the word inkpot could evoke strong emotions of disgust at those who use only computers, or confusion , when encountering a new word.

its impossible to pin down the possible emotional evocations of words, and dictionaries shun this as much as they can giving as concise and universal definitions as possible.

it is therefore impossible, in my opinion to find words that have no possible emotional reaction to some speaker or receiver. however there are words that have a much stronger emotional reaction than others.

here is an experiment. assign a number to each word according to the emotional reaction it creates, and if possible write what emotions it stirrs up.

funicular

corn

Juice

cornucopia

chick

masticate

underbrush

shoelaces

tort

ammonium

bronze

funnel

bat

daddy

groupthink

slop

partial