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Okay look, 'whirl around' and 'spin' don't mean what you think down here; because, in the land of quantum, words mean nothing, there is only math.

Words are individual, meaningful elements1) as part of a wider framework called a language, used to communicate meaning from one place to another.2) Words define themselves through 1) their use and 2) the patterns that they are associated with.

This may sound kind of complicated (as in convoluted), but it will make more sense as I describe the reason I come to this definition.

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Meaning and Interpretation

Deepity

1)
“Meaning” as in a word means a thing, unlike individual letters which - except in certain circumstances - don't mean very much. Though not all words mean anything on their own, too.
2)
This is held intentionally vague, as meaning can be transmitted by many means and things. Birds transmit meaning through chirping, signs transmit meaning through their appearance, and they not always form a language in that sense. Brains transmit meaning through sending electrical signals, but calling that a real “language” or real “words” would be kind of a stretch.
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