I don't know what you mean by 'glory', Alice said
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. Of course you don't --
till I tell you. I meant `there's a nice knock-down argument for
you!'
But glory doesn't mean `a nice knock-down argument,' Alice
objected.
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.
-- Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. Of course you don't --
till I tell you. I meant `there's a nice knock-down argument for
you!'
But glory doesn't mean `a nice knock-down argument,' Alice
objected.
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.
-- Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass
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