When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in a rather 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. . . .
When I make a word do a lot of work like that, said Humpty Dumpty, I always pay it extra.
—Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
For when the cause of the complaint ‘s unsure T’would be a miracle to find a cure.