I like to make up words or create new meanings for words. I also like to play with using a word in a different form, such as “point-at-able” to describe a result. I fully support Humpty Dumpty’s philosophy of words, as told to Alice:
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.”
"The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master, that’s all.”
(Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll)
"The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master, that’s all.”
(Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll)
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