Project Overview: Modern language has become violent in a way that abstracts our words from their actual meanings. Phrases like “slay” “break a leg” “you’re killing it” and many others reveal how violence has settled into quotidian linguistics. This reorientation towards violence desensitizes people to its larger social implications and promotes inadequate communication. Language that was once, and by dictionary definition still is, seen as violent or harmful is now utilized in neutral or even uplifting ways. Desensitization towards larger problems in society like gun violence, racism, global warming, etc. engenders an escalation of language in order to gain an appropriate reaction to said issues. This indicates a vicious cycle of desensitization and escalation which leads to general ignorance about the importance and severity of relevant problems on the global, national, and community levels. Even mundane language has the ability to reshape the world we live in, but people are largely unaware of what we are actually communicating to one another—our language is often unintentional.