&gt; just by way asking what senses you especially favor for
&gt; various words and phrases, and I will invite other people
&gt; to weigh in with their own favorite meanings and associations.
&gt; 
&gt; 1.  The biggest molecule in this mass is the word &quot;semantics&quot;.
&gt;     I gather from reading your Peirce-flavored webpages that
&gt;     you are one of those people who go along with taking this
&gt;     to indicate the &quot;denotative&quot; or the &quot;referential&quot; side of
&gt;     sign us