"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." "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."

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets ""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." "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."" in the context of "Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Ch. 6; Quoted in: Adam Schaff (1962). Introduction to semantics, p. 212" to mean that wisdom is timeless.