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【Abstract】The thesis chooses “Tuhao” “Baobao” and “Xianrou” as objects of study， employing folk etymology to make a fundamental description of meaning broadening process， which found that folk etymology show arbitrariness based on conventions in broadening meaning and inject infinite creative force into our language.
【Key Words】network popular words； meaning broadening； folk etymology； trends
【作者簡介】杨墨馨（1992-），女，山东临沂人，东北林业大学外国语学院英语语言文学硕士研究生，研究方向：语用学，认知语言学；王丹（1967-），女，黑龙江哈尔滨人，东北林业大学外国语学院教授，硕士生导师，研究方向：语用学，认知语言学。
1. Introduction
The last three decades has witnessed the fast development of many network popular words. A category of them are old words which experienced meaning broadening in varying degree acorss time. “Tuhao” has derogatory sense known as local tyrants and evil gentry originally. Now， it gains commendatory meaning reflecting the changes in people’s social and psychological states.“Tyrant we be friends”“Golden”are famous all over the world. “Baobao” “Xianrou” broaden their meaning in the same way.
2. Folk Etymology
It is due to the popular use of meaning or other part of a word accepted by folks. People know the real etymology of words， but intend to create another different etymology or distort the original fact which is in order to express their own ideas or to achieve some linguistic purposes. It shows the purposeful choice of linguistic units of language speakers.
For instance， an English word sparrow-grass， which is borrowed from French， has its etymology form as asparagus. It means Luwei in Chinese. Later， its phonological form changes into sparagus because of the popular use. Afterwards， people find that its phonological form is very similar with the words sparrow and grass that people frequently use in daily life. Thus， they tend to replace the monosyllable word sparagus with disyllable word sparrow-grass. Then people always cannot stop associating new meanings， judging its etymology and guessing its derivation relations by observing its new form which has undergone phonological and orthographical changes. Thus， folks usually think that the etymology of it is related to sparrow （Maque） and grass （Cao）. And the sparrow-grass （Maquecao） is the one they get by the means of folk etymology （Fan， 1992）.
3. The Original Meaning for Words as “Tuhao”
“Tuhao” appeared in the Northern and Southern dynasties history of Wei Jin at the earliest， which referred to the local rich and powerful family or individuals. Such as the usages in Book of Qi （Ding，2014）：“Bainian，born in Zitong，moved into Huayang，served as Tuhao，and had a good reputation.” Book of Northern Qi （Ding，2014）：“Give orders to send Tujue Horses to Yangzhou， which in order to supply and sale for Tuhao .”“Tuhao” meant some people who were financially successfully， took the dimensions of field， had religious forces to support them， and were very powerful in local areas. It stressed the cadastral attribute and reflected the structure of administration of local governments in traditional society（Cheng， Han，2014）. The managing order was usually held by local tyrants， which contended to some extent against the authority of nation. Besides， it was also used to refer to persons who were leaders of an area or region. Usually， the leaders had a high prestige with local people and were courageous and skillful in battles. In Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government （Ding，2014） ：“At first， Tuhao Yang Xin from a famous and stately family served as feudal provincial under the orders of Zhou Dynasty， and his son Yang Zhongxun succeed to the position after his death.”“Tuhao” referred to a rich and powerful person who resided in borderlands in his lifetime， like the ancestor of Generals of Yang family called Yang Xin. He was a local heroic man who was very brave and adept at riding， shooting and battles. “Tuhao” in this period was a neutral word in biased-positive formation without distinct negative emotional color（Cai， 2015）.
However， the reputation of “Tuhao” had been more and more notorious with social development. According to History of Southern Dynasties·Weiding （Yu
【Key Words】network popular words； meaning broadening； folk etymology； trends
【作者簡介】杨墨馨（1992-），女，山东临沂人，东北林业大学外国语学院英语语言文学硕士研究生，研究方向：语用学，认知语言学；王丹（1967-），女，黑龙江哈尔滨人，东北林业大学外国语学院教授，硕士生导师，研究方向：语用学，认知语言学。
1. Introduction
The last three decades has witnessed the fast development of many network popular words. A category of them are old words which experienced meaning broadening in varying degree acorss time. “Tuhao” has derogatory sense known as local tyrants and evil gentry originally. Now， it gains commendatory meaning reflecting the changes in people’s social and psychological states.“Tyrant we be friends”“Golden”are famous all over the world. “Baobao” “Xianrou” broaden their meaning in the same way.
2. Folk Etymology
It is due to the popular use of meaning or other part of a word accepted by folks. People know the real etymology of words， but intend to create another different etymology or distort the original fact which is in order to express their own ideas or to achieve some linguistic purposes. It shows the purposeful choice of linguistic units of language speakers.
For instance， an English word sparrow-grass， which is borrowed from French， has its etymology form as asparagus. It means Luwei in Chinese. Later， its phonological form changes into sparagus because of the popular use. Afterwards， people find that its phonological form is very similar with the words sparrow and grass that people frequently use in daily life. Thus， they tend to replace the monosyllable word sparagus with disyllable word sparrow-grass. Then people always cannot stop associating new meanings， judging its etymology and guessing its derivation relations by observing its new form which has undergone phonological and orthographical changes. Thus， folks usually think that the etymology of it is related to sparrow （Maque） and grass （Cao）. And the sparrow-grass （Maquecao） is the one they get by the means of folk etymology （Fan， 1992）.
3. The Original Meaning for Words as “Tuhao”
“Tuhao” appeared in the Northern and Southern dynasties history of Wei Jin at the earliest， which referred to the local rich and powerful family or individuals. Such as the usages in Book of Qi （Ding，2014）：“Bainian，born in Zitong，moved into Huayang，served as Tuhao，and had a good reputation.” Book of Northern Qi （Ding，2014）：“Give orders to send Tujue Horses to Yangzhou， which in order to supply and sale for Tuhao .”“Tuhao” meant some people who were financially successfully， took the dimensions of field， had religious forces to support them， and were very powerful in local areas. It stressed the cadastral attribute and reflected the structure of administration of local governments in traditional society（Cheng， Han，2014）. The managing order was usually held by local tyrants， which contended to some extent against the authority of nation. Besides， it was also used to refer to persons who were leaders of an area or region. Usually， the leaders had a high prestige with local people and were courageous and skillful in battles. In Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government （Ding，2014） ：“At first， Tuhao Yang Xin from a famous and stately family served as feudal provincial under the orders of Zhou Dynasty， and his son Yang Zhongxun succeed to the position after his death.”“Tuhao” referred to a rich and powerful person who resided in borderlands in his lifetime， like the ancestor of Generals of Yang family called Yang Xin. He was a local heroic man who was very brave and adept at riding， shooting and battles. “Tuhao” in this period was a neutral word in biased-positive formation without distinct negative emotional color（Cai， 2015）.
However， the reputation of “Tuhao” had been more and more notorious with social development. According to History of Southern Dynasties·Weiding （Yu