词组 | Humpty Dumpty language |
释义 | Humpty Dumpty language noun any word or vocabulary given an unusual or eccentric sense by the user UK Derives from Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), 1871: “‘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.’”.
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