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Primal word (n.) all ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠referred to sexual things, and lost their sexual meaning only by being lent to activities compared with them.

Speech (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠have begun as a sexual call, then made shared work bearable by naming it with sexual words — so that a tool still means a man in our dreams.