The most basic or literal meaning of a sign, e.g., the word "rose" signifies a particular kind of flower. It is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear in a dictionary.
Signs where the signifier is caused by the signified, e.g., smoke signifies fire. The signifier makes you think of the signified because the two are frequently physically connected in the real world (the principle of contiguity).
Signs where the relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific, e.g., most words.
The smallest unit of meaning. Anything that can be used to communicate or to tell a lie. Linguistic communicators study the use of signs but the extended meaning of "sign" covers all kinds of cultural symbols.
Pronounced bromshi; Complete disorder and confusion, a jumble or disorderly mass, a mess, absolute chaos, a total lack of organization or order. i.e. to make a complete bromchi of something.
It is easy for anyone to make a grammatical or pronunciation mistake when speaking English, even though accent may not be an issue. But if at any point this happens and you think you need an excuse for the error; this would be it! With a serious and innocent look, excuse yourself with "English is ...
Draw/Drawing+Awesome= Drawsome. Definition: a really good drawing or other piece of art (particularly of the sketching or pen/pencil & paper variety)
South African style deep fried dough, which can either be filled with ground beef or spread with honey or jam. Made from flour, eddgs, milk, sugar and yeast, it is then rolled into a ball then deep fried.
