Like Humpty Dumpty, we can make words mean anything we want them to mean.
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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle and mean the opposite.
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Words are just words.
The way I write, words can means lots of different things.
When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke.
Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change.
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