Try this
- Choose a few plain descriptive words and include room for the person’s own vocabulary.
- Ask whether they want to explain the word, rather than treating the label as permission to investigate its cause.
A worked example
“Would you call today crowded, steady, flat, or something else entirely?”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
Let the other person reject every suggested word. The vocabulary should help them, not classify them.