Intrinsic and Poly-Semantic Phrasing

I have been increasingly aware of the practicality behind poly-semantic phrasing.  The key, and brilliance, behind this method of phrasing is to somehow conceal multiple meanings behind one line of words.  Connected together, words are rather powerful.  But apart from pure lexical definitions and sentence connotations, sentences are rather linear.  In fact, it is often the case where a single sentence can split only in two directions.  This is not exactly a super powerful tool, because the alert reader is often capable of determining the two options rather easily.  If not one meaning, than the other.

To make your sentences evolve into poly-semantic phrases, you must add other dimensions of communication.  Eye contact, posture and tone of voice are readily available to us for exploitation.  With the correct application of these things, you can easily take a simple phrase and make it much more complicated.  In fact, it is rather easy to conceal information within this style of phrasing.

For example, if some one tells you something like "i have blah blah blah problem going on, isn't this a problem?"  you can easily respond by saying something like "i'm rather certain it is..."  The outward affirmation is already a candidate for misinterpretation.  Am i being sarcastic?  Am i being serious?  More than just an understanding of what i mean in a phrase, the other nonverbal communication devices are easy to employ.  For example, if i use my eyes in a particular way, i am not only considering the phrase to be sarcastic, but in addition, continuing my phrase.  Its often possible to get someone to synthesize your thoughts just based on your communication skills.  If i give you all the pieces to a puzzle, you can create it without my help.  In this same way, i can make someone understand my thoughts without even needing to say them.

Now, even more interesting is the following.  Say that you have synthesized my thoughts, but i actually wanted to say something else, if created 4 meanings of something as simple as "i'm rather certain it is."  As to not be called a liar, its often advantageous to phrase things in such a way that the "guessed" meaning of your thoughts by the other individual is actually incorrect.  If you organize your communication devices in a particular fashion, people should be able to guess your meaning.  But this guess is their error, because you may actually mean something very different from their "guess."  But this is not lying.  It is merely the result of another person's inability to probe for information more thoroughly and definitively.

A specific, and rather handy tool for the more witty, is the possibility to use communication with one person to actually communicate with someone else irrelevant to the topic.  Again, this utilizes assumption and creativity in other members.  You can actually use an entire conversation with one person to effectively communicate with someone else!  If you are good at this, and your friend is as well, you can use this to your advantage.

Anyways, happy day!