👉 vassaling is a term used in the field of linguistics and semantics to describe a situation where two or more speakers are communicating through a third person, often with the intention of understanding each other. This can be done by using words from one speaker's language that have been borrowed into another language or by making use of idiomatic expressions or metaphors. For example, in a conversation between two speakers in English, vassaling could occur when one speaks about the other person and then asks them
