/stər/ verb
Malcolm X, “Coming to an Awareness of Language”
According to dictionary.com, the word stir means to move one’s hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts. But in the story, when I read the sentence with the word “stir” it did not match the definition. Then I notice that the text has a vocabulary section and its definition says that stir is a slang for prison. In addition, it does not mean to stir a coffee, its just a slang prisoner use among themselves. As I read the sentence again I understood better.
