Humpty Dumpty's Wisdom
"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 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."
From Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll