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[–]divingrightintowork 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Private definitions is that like.. the same words can mean different things to different people.. or you only get certain phrases in certain places.. like secret handshakes, or flags. Like, when I say "Babe," in a group, I'm referring to my partner, or like long story but after an event last week someone fell off a log laughing because they found something stupid too funny, so now I ask him if he's having a "Falling off the log" moment when he seems to be overwhelmed by how funny he finds something. "Falling off the log moment" has entered our private lexicon.

in genderterms it means that I can define woman in a way that is unique to me ,or it can mean "Anyone with4 fingers on their left hand." Understandably, people may be confused when I use the term woman... but at the end of the day, I'm allowed to mean women when I say that... and if I convicne enough other people that's a better meaning of woman than "adult human female," than that may change the meaning of woman... or maybe I start a large enough religious movement around that meaning... and at least to other members of that group, that's what woman means.

Does that help at all?

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_language_argument