elérhetelérhetk

Elérhetelérhetk is a neologistic term used in Hungarian theoretical discourse to describe a state in which something can be considered both reachable and unreachable under different conditions. The term is not part of standard technical vocabularies and is primarily employed in thought experiments, linguistics discussions, and debates about information accessibility and system design.

Etymology: The word is a portmanteau combining elérhető (reachable) and elérhetetlen (unreachable), with a suffix that nominalizes the concept. It has appeared sporadically in online forums and academic-like writing since the early 2020s, where authors use it to signal a paradoxical or context-dependent accessibility property. Because it is an ad hoc coinage, there is no established formal definition or orthography beyond its common Hungarian form.

Definition and readings: The central sense is a property of a system, proposition, or object that yields contradicting conclusions about reachability depending on the observer, protocol, or measurement criteria. In network theory, elérhetelérhetk might describe endpoints that are reachable under protocol A but not under protocol B. In semantics, it can illustrate vagueness in referents, where a term is accessible in one interpretation but not in another.

Usage and examples: The term is predominantly found in theoretical discussion and speculative writing; it invites critical examination of epistemic boundaries. Critics argue that it risks obscuring concrete properties with a vague paradox. Example: a database that exposes a record under a query with parameter x but hides it under y, yielding elérhetelérhetk status depending on the query model.

See also elérhetőség, elérhetetlen, reachability, paradoxes, vagueness.