#redefining language

I just realized, I tend to use the word "flail" to mean "to exert effort in vain." That's... not quite what that word means.

Is "preschool participation" a recognized term? Like, where the tv asks the audience a question, waits a beat, assumes the audience yelled out a response, and goes on and does what they were going to do anyway? Like, that's for some reason a thing in preschool shows. That the tv talks to them. And is supposed to be understood that is hearing them. (I figure it would take only a couple times where a kid doesn't answer, but the character goes on anyway, for them to catch on.) I'm going to just call it that now. Though I'm going to also include stuff outside of tv shows. People who can't hear a response and have to pretend they can also counts. As do people who just ignore the actual response they get, and respond as though another was said. Yeah. That's funny to me.

kenopsia comes from the Greek root 'keno' meaning 'empty' and likely the Greek suffix 'osis' referring to a state of being. related is the word 'kenosis' which is a religious term referring to the emptying of one's personal thoughts and desires and opening to the will of a higher power. additional thoughts: Latin suffix -ia also refers to a state of being or pathological state as does Latin suffix -sis. the combination of these into 'kenosia' would result in a similar word, albeit one with mixed roots. none of the above relate to the eerieness or discomfort described in the DOS definition for kenopsia. "an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative..." afterthought: could also relate to Greek root 'opsis/opsia,' of or relating to vision?