Tantanika Touch Therapy

Tantanika Touch Therapy Regulating Nervous system–centred massage therapy- Integrating somatics & practical self-regulation tools. Relax, Regulate & Revive.

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FLIRTThen (16th–17th century):To flick or dart suddenly.A quick movement. A sharp motion.Then:A person considered flight...
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FLIRT

Then (16th–17th century):
To flick or dart suddenly.
A quick movement. A sharp motion.

Then:
A person considered flighty, fickle, or frivolous — especially a woman.
Someone not serious. Not steady.

Now:
Playful romantic attention.
Light attraction. Harmless teasing.

NAUGHTYThen (14th century):To have “naught” — nothing.Poor. Needy. Morally corrupt. Wicked.It implied someone who had no...
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NAUGHTY

Then (14th century):
To have “naught” — nothing.
Poor. Needy. Morally corrupt. Wicked.
It implied someone who had nothing of value — materially or morally.

Now:
Mischievous. Slightly improper. Playfully disobedient.

The drift
From morally bankrupt →to badly behaved →
to cheeky or mildly suggestive.
The severity collapsed.

Originally, calling someone naughty questioned their character.

Now it might describe a child refusing bedtime — or even something playful and flirtatious.

The weight dissolved.

GUYThen:A specific man — Guy Fawkes, linked to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.Then:An effigy burned on bonfires in England.“...
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GUY
Then:
A specific man — Guy Fawkes, linked to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Then:
An effigy burned on bonfires in England.
“Guy” came to mean a grotesque or oddly dressed person.

Now:
A man.
Or casually — anyone.
“You guys.”

The name of one man became a symbol of rebellion.
That symbol became a mockery.
That mockery became an everyday word.

From traitor → to caricature → to ordinary person.

That’s drift.



History Of Words

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Fathom once meant to measure with your body.
An arm-span.
A physical reach into depth.
Today, it means to understand.
Somewhere along the way,
measurement became comprehension.
And maybe that’s the point.
Understanding isn’t passive.
It requires reach.
Attention.
Willingness to go deeper than the surface definition.
Over this series, we’ve watched meanings drift.
So the real question is—
Do we speak automatically…
or do we fathom what we say?
Language evolves.
Awareness is a choice.
Thank you for reaching.
Which word stayed with you?









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Spinster.
Bachelor.
Spinster once meant a woman who spun thread.
Bachelor once meant a young knight in training.
Both were occupations.
Both described skill and stage of life.
Today?
Spinster carries stigma.
Bachelor feels neutral… even independent.
Same structure.
Different social weight.
Language records more than meaning.
It records bias.
What do you hear when you say these words?









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Propaganda.
Artificial.
Personality.
Propaganda once meant simply spreading ideas.
Artificial meant skillfully made.
Personality meant a theatrical mask.
Neutral became manipulative.
Craft became fake.
Mask became identity.
Language doesn’t just describe culture.
It absorbs it.
When meanings shift this deeply…
we stop noticing.
Which word feels the most altered?










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Egregious.
Decimate.
Influence.
Clout.
Egregious once meant remarkably good.
Decimate meant removing one in ten.
Influence meant to flow into.
Clout meant a physical blow.
Precision became exaggeration.
Flow became persuasion.
Force became social power.
Language doesn’t just change.
It concentrates.
When words intensify…
so does impact.
Which shift feels the most dramatic?












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Four more words we think we understand.
Fantastic.
Literally.
Awful.
Bully.
Imaginary became wonderful.
Exact became exaggerated.
Awe became terrible.
Affection became aggression.
Words drift.
And culture drifts with them.
Are we aware of the shift…
or just fluent in it?







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We say these words every day.
Fine.
Nice.
Awkward.
Silly.
But they didn’t always mean what they mean now.
Fine once meant refined.
Nice once meant foolish.
Awkward described something physically misaligned.
Silly meant blessed.
Meanings drift quietly.
And when words change… perception follows.
Which one surprised you?








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“Manufacture” once meant made by hand.
Now it describes mass production.
Somewhere between the hand and the machine,
the word flipped.
What else scaled beyond its origin



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“Notice how meanings drift when we stop paying attention.”







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What if the words you use every day…don’t mean what you think they mean?
Words have not just changed over eons but, some have completely drifted from what they intended to mean. I found some
Come watch the drift with me.

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