Speaking of English

Personality: A profession a parent cannot explain to a grade-school child.

"I get it": A phrase meant to convey empathy, apprehension of meaning, and general hiptitude. In sync with entire adolescensization of grownup culture. Variation: "I get you/him/her," "She gets me/her/him."

Transition (no longer a noun but a verb): I am transitioning. You are transitioning. He/She is transitioning. We are transitioning. They are transitioning.

Comprised: A word currently used instead of "composed" in its transitive senses, viz. The committee was comprised of five students. [Ed. note Currently in use in better magazines throughout Media City, and not in the New York Times.]

Sarkey: slang for "sarcastic."