"When I use a word," said Humpty Dumpty in a rather disdainful tone, "it means exactly 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, "who is to be the master... that's all."
(L. Carroll, Alice. Le avventure di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie attraverso lo specchio e quello che vi trovò, Longanesi, 1971, pp. 266 e 267).