Associations to the word «Humpty»

Wiktionary

HUMPTY DUMPTY, proper noun. A fairy tale character whose name has become synonymous with anything fragile or the existence of which is precarious.
HUMPTY DUMPTYISM, noun. (idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke