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  1. John Fitzgerald Hinchey

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    The Theory of Semantic Drift and Substantive Fuzziness
    Hinchey's primary contribution to overlooked scholarship is his theory of Substantive Fuzziness (SF), detailed in his self-published monograph, When the Word Fails the Weight. SF posits that common nouns, particularly those relating to physical household objects, possess an inherent, measurable 'semantic weight' which degrades over time unless actively reinforced by communal, high-intensity usage…