Extraterrestrial

 Authors Note: I decided to have fun and do an analysis on the word "Extraterrestrial" because my recent si-fi convention inspired my otherworldly ideas.

               Extraterrestrial, what is the meaning of this word? I agree this word seems extraterrestrial in itself. It seems too long to have enough human qualities, and most people have trouble spelling it, I know I do. (I continuously thank the spell check for fixing my constant mistake.)

               I should break down the word first. Terrestrial refers to anything having relation to the Earth. Extra is having an excess of something. If you put those two definitions together, you would get something with an excess of similarities to Earth. Therefore extraterrestrial is just that. So, by natural fault, any of the other planets or space junk are extra terrestrial. 

                How can other creatures be extraterrestrial too? Well, the answer would seem simple. They would have an excess of humanoid features and characteristics, though they would need to be from an extraterrestrial planet to be extraterrestrial themselves. Katy Perry's song "E.T." gives perfect examples of those kinds of beings. For the human race, now they are only science fiction, but in the future they may be real and a large part in our society.