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Thus, the coagulation that is the phrase Traditional Ecological Knowledge itself is an epistemic shortcut that allows for the oversimplified objectification of complex and varied processes. It cuts networks of relatedness and sheds context. But, as the use of the additional shortcut of its acronym form grows more popular and spawns a hundred offspring (WEP, TFS, IK, LEK, etc., see above), we could surely agree that by not even bothering to spell out the words traditional, ecological, and knowledge, writing or uttering TEK instead, we lose all hope of remembering that we are communicating about living breathing relations.