how can one word have so many meenings ?

Question

fudge

Answer 1

Fudge:
a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts
nonsense or foolishness
to talk nonsense.
to cheat
to avoid coming to grips with something
to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error.
to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge
a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
the bulletin thus printed, often in color.
a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin.


I'll never think the same about fudge again!

Answer 2

Count your lucky stars that your native language is not Mandarin - there are only about 450 discrete words (including the tonal variations) from which they manage to convey the whole range of ideas that we do in English.

Answer 3

it's strange.. i heard of an eskimo language that has 7 or 8 words for snow and i've heard of native american languages that only have one word for green yellow orange meaning earth colors. i guess it is based on the needs of the culture.

Answer 4

what are you expecting us to say to answer your question
is this REASLLY bothering you so much??
no.didnt think so,
stop wasting valuable question space :]