decipher by consensus™
The intended meaning of text is predicated on the author's cognition+ Interpretation by the reader is arbitrary, based on often disparate cognition, and determined primarily by the reader's range of vocabulary and knowledge of the subject matter+ This gap between intention and interpretation will always vary+ At one extreme it can result in the geopolitical misunderstandings of 1441+ At the other, you order the wrong pizza topping!+
All English words published as text, and forming part of a document, will have a clear syntactical and literal sense+ Most of these words are polysemous and therefore equivocal+ Some are simply vocables to many readers+ However, if the words can be accurately deciphered, the use of more precise terminology can often provide a very effective shorthand for meticulous and, where necessary, more punctilious communication+ And in doing so, eliminate the opportunity cost of misunderstanding+
The
time taken by
authors
to
articulate
and then
specify
the
meaning
of less common words will be minimal+ It is a logical extension to the spell
checker
and
proofreading
process+ More than 70% of general text is based on only 1,000 common words+ The
remainder
are listed in on line reference dictionaries, except of course for
neologisms
and the most recent
semantic
shift
words+ In these cases the
author
would
define
their own understanding of current meaning+ Most
idioms,
collocations
and
hyphenations
are also listed on line+