When you walk into the office on Thursday morning, your coworker cheerfully greets you and says, “Wow, you actually look good today!” Immediately you feel slightly offended and wonder what your coworker really means. Does he mean you don’t normally look good? Did he notice that you had been a little under the weather lately? Or is he just plain rude? What type of verbal barrier may be interfering with the transmission of meaning in this situation? Slang Language barriers Emotion