"words mean what I want them to mean" said humpty dumpty

niyad

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Thu Jan-13-11 01:42 PM
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"words mean what I want them to mean" said humpty dumpty

apparently, the reichwingnuts forgot that this was a work of FICTION.

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Ozymanithrax

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Thu Jan-13-11 01:44 PM
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1. It's called Humpty's Dictum...

And it is a model of truly monumental arrogance.

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OneGrassRoot

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Thu Jan-13-11 01:44 PM
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2. More info, please?

Yesterday I discovered Limbaugh (I assume that's who you're talking about) wrote as part of a book, perhaps, a list of "35 Undeniable Truths," and the 34th was listed as "words mean things."

Did he elaborate on this today or something?

Thanks. :hi:

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elocs

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Thu Jan-13-11 02:03 PM
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3. On Humpty Dumpty, here:

http://www.wordspy.com/words/HumptyDumptylanguage.asp

"There's glory for you!"
"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."

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OneGrassRoot

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Thu Jan-13-11 02:04 PM
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4. LOL! I was so focused on Limbaugh and his "words mean things"

hypocrisy that I thought he was being referred to as Humpty Dumpty in the OP!

Thanks. :)

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niyad

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Thu Jan-13-11 07:26 PM
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5. oxyboy doesn't even seem to know when he is plagarizing, or counting on his dittoheads

not to know.

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