Wendy and Tyra are new friends who have just started hanging out together. They decide to go out for dinner, inviting a
few of their mutual friends to join them. When Tyra shows up at Wendy's house to pick her up, Wendy tells Tyra she
looks "bad." When Wendy says "bad," she means that Tyra looks great and is very trendy. But Tyra thinks "bad" means
she doesn't look good. When Tyra responds to Wendy's comment in a standoffish way, Wendy realizes a
misunderstanding has occurred.
When Wendy tells Tyra she looks "bad," she is using the word's
O a. semantic meaning
b. connotative meaning
O c. pragmatic meaning
O d. denotative meaning