1 min readOct 24, 2019
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean.”
While it is no doubt pleasingly PC to pretend that everyone is equally “intelligent” by redefining what we mean by the word, that’s just as valid as saying everyone is the same height by redefining what we mean by height. It’s neither useful nor illuminating.