What? Se-man-tics ?
Isn’t that, like, Jewish people or something?
–No.
Well . . . maybe.
But strictly speaking, semantics means:
1. The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.
2. The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text: “such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff.”
–Dictionary.com
So why is/are semantics a thing?
Well, I was getting to that. But I’ve got someone over here right now, and I’m not gonna rush him.

So just be patient.