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What will be an ideal response?

Answers may vary but address the idea that words are symbols, and symbols are arbitrary representations for feelings, concepts, objects, or events. People (co)create the meaning of these symbols. We can call anything whatever we like as long as at least one other person agrees on that meaning.

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