Mischievous

It is fair to say that the boy was mischievous.

He wasn’t much interested in school, but today’s lesson about ambiguity had him paying attention. She gave examples of ambiguous words by writing them up on the blackboard. Then, she gave some examples. She started with the word ‘star’. This could mean a movie star or a star in the sky. Then came the word ‘bulb’. This could mean a light bulb or an onion. There was ‘ruler’, like a king or something to measure things with. ‘Bank’ could mean where money is kept or the side of a river, ‘jam’ could mean jelly or something that gets stuck, ‘ball’ could be where people dance or something you hit with a bat, ‘toast’ could mean someone giving a speech or something you have for breakfast, ‘stories’ could mean something you find in a book or the number of levels in a building, ‘cold’ could mean something you get sick with or the opposite of hot, and a ‘boxer’ could mean a fighter or a breed of dog.

She finished by telling the class that such words can be troublesome. She said that words like these could create problems. She said that they can confuse a person because of them having two or more possible meanings. She explained that their meaning can be vague or unclear, and this can easily lead to misunderstanding, confusion, or sometimes even conflict.

He really liked ambiguous words.

He was going to use them a lot!

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