Michelle Kaplan

So there's so much to it.

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Yes.

Exactly.

So again, when we talk about the word connotation, we're talking about the subtext, what's beneath the actual word.

So these are things like how do people feel when they hear it?

Or what are you implying when you use this word or expression?

So a word with a positive connotation has a good feeling to it.

A negative connotation has more of a negative connotation.

feeling to it, right?

Sure.

Yeah, because this can be different depending on the context.

So some words you hear it and it pretty much just has a negative or a positive.

And then some of them are in between and you have to listen for the subtext.

What are we actually saying?

So for example, this dress looks cheap.

I shouldn't have bought it.

So would you say that's negative or positive?

That's pretty negative, right?

No, you're just saying that they're affordable.