A Partial Dictionary of the Veridical Dialect

Compiled from fragmentary speaker records recovered after cessation of use. Cross-referenced where materials permit.
 Archivist’s Note: This document remains in circulation despite the absence of any remaining interpretive community.

Almost (adv.)

Defined exclusively as measurable proximity or probability (e.g., “within 3.2 meters,” “88% likelihood”).
The qualitative sense of nearly-but-not-quite is nonrepresentable.
Usage Note: The phrase “I almost love you” was discontinued. Speakers reported improved clarity and a corresponding decline in goal-oriented investment.

Beautiful (adj.)

A set of quantifiable properties: symmetry ratio approaching 1.618; specified light-reflectance thresholds; positional equilibrium.
Recording: One speaker described a sunset as “dominance of the 620–750 nm spectra due to particulate scattering.”
 No further speech followed for three days.

Comfort, to (v.)

To provide factually accurate information with the declared aim of reducing distress.
Observed Outcome: Distress typically increases.
Current best practice: the silent placement of blankets.

Dictionary (n.)

This document.
A record of operational definitions following the collapse of connotative speech.
See Archivist’s Note.

Heart (n.)

Muscular organ responsible for circulating blood.
Average adult mass: 280–340 g.
Resting rate: 60–100 bpm.
Former idioms referencing damage or fracture are now classified as reports requiring medical triage.

Home (n.)

A structure at fixed coordinates providing shelter.
Proposed Addendum (withdrawn): “A place associated with belonging.”
[Terms FEELING and BELONGING marked untranslatable.]

I love you (phrase)

Declarative description of a neurochemical pattern involving oxytocin, vasopressin, and dopamine.
Indicates measurable prioritization of the subject’s well-being.
Usage Note: Functionally accurate; socially terminal.

Recording 44-B:
 Subject A issues phrase.
Subject B: “I see.”
No further vocalization.

Kindness (n.)

An action elevating another’s well-being, often requiring strategic omission or modulation of factual data.
Status: Incompatible with dialect constraints.
See: LIE, omission.

Lie (n.)

A propositional statement not corresponding to objective reality.
Status: Structurally impossible within the dialect.
Early Speaker Log: “Deception is absent. Discomfort persists.”

Metaphor (n.)

[ENTRY REDACTED]
Reason for Redaction: Recursivity produced instability and acute speaker disorientation.

Mother (n.)

Female biological progenitor; individual contributing ovum and/or gestation.
Connotative Field: [UNTRANSLATABLE]

Recording 12-C:
 After receiving the entry, a child asked, “What is the word for the warmth?”
The query could not be processed.

Poetry (n.)

[NO ENTRY FOUND]
See: METAPHOR; BEAUTIFUL

Silence (n.)

Absence of vocalization below 30 dB.
Currently the dialect’s most reliable communicative mode.
Used for affirmation, grief, companionship, and apology.
Noted for superior outcomes relative to spoken accuracy.

Sorry (adj./interj.)

Indicates acknowledgment of responsibility for a negative outcome.
Procedure requires precise allocation of fault.
Implementation often intensifies the initial harm.
Nonverbal restitution increasingly preferred.

Truth (n.)

Exact correspondence between statement and verifiable reality.
Final Speaker Annotation: “Truth functions as a solvent.”
No further clarification recorded.

Final Archivist’s Entry

Asked why contributions had ceased, the last known speaker wrote a single word on a slate:
“Complete.”