- published: 23 May 2006
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In linguistics, a word is the smallest element that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content (with literal or practical meaning). This contrasts deeply with a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning but will not necessarily stand on its own. A word may consist of a single morpheme (for example: oh!, rock, red, quick, run, expect), or several (rocks, redness, quickly, running, unexpected), whereas a morpheme may not be able to stand on its own as a word (in the words just mentioned, these are -s, -ness, -ly, -ing, un-, -ed). A complex word will typically include a root and one or more affixes (rock-s, red-ness, quick-ly, run-ning, un-expect-ed), or more than one root in a compound (black-board, rat-race). Words can be put together to build larger elements of language, such as phrases (a red rock), clauses (I threw a rock), and sentences (He threw a rock too, but he missed).
The term word may refer to a spoken word or to a written word, or sometimes to the abstract concept behind either. Spoken words are made up of units of sound called phonemes, and written words of symbols called graphemes, such as the letters of the English alphabet.
Yo wussup baby?
It’s been a while since I seen you.
See tonight we gonna do something a lil different.
See we gonna do it like this...
Oh weekend alone, water’s running, bubbles bublin.
No kids, no work, no phones, pagers.
I’m gon give you what you’re worth.
I just wanna take all your worries away.
All away.
Meet me at our weekend getaway, just you and me.
When we’re in private.
I just wanna see the things that I don’t get to see.
But now it’s you and me.
We’re in private.
Call your girls and tell’em you ain’t going nowhere.
It’s getting hot in here.
In private.
Hot suds, good love, champagne, maintain in a heart-shaped tub.
In private.
Think of all the things we can do, we’ll do.
When it's just me and you.
See this is an exclusive.
So damn secluded.
No one will know where we’re at.
Just me and you.
I’ll eat strawberries of off you.
Before I get on top of you, baby.
I just wanna take all your troubles away.
So don’t trip, no lip.
Let’s get this love train goin.
I'm on my way.
When we’re in private.
I just wanna see the things that I don’t get to see.
But now it’s you and me.
We’re in private.
Call your girls and tell’em you ain’t going nowhere.
It’s getting hot in here.
In private.
Hot suds, good love, champagne,
maintain in a heart-shaped tub.
In private.
Think of all the things we can do, we’ll do.
When it's just me and you.
You can let your hair down.
You can be freaky as you want to be.
No one can hear a sound.
Baby, you scream as loud...
When we’re in private.
I just wanna see the things that I don’t get to see.
But now it’s you and me.
We’re in private.
Call your girls and tell’em you ain’t going nowhere.
It’s getting hot in here.
In private.
Hot suds, good love, champagne,
maintain in a heart-shaped tub.
In private.
Think of all the things we can do, we’ll do.
When it's just me and you.
In private.
I just wanna see the things that I don’t get to see.
But now it’s you and me.
We’re in private.
Call your girls and tell’em you ain’t going nowhere.
It’s getting hot in here.
In private.
Hot suds, good love, champagne, maintain in a heart-shaped tub.
In private.
Think of all the things we can do, we’ll do.