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Humpty Dumptyism
Noun
idiomatic
uncountable
Japanese Meaning
単語の意味を自分の都合で変更し、恣意的に定義する慣行。 / 言葉の固有の意味に対して、自分の望む解釈を主張する行動。
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(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.
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Humpty Dumptyism
When the witness kept shifting definitions mid-testimony, the lawyer called it Humpty Dumptyism and demanded the record be clarified.
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When the witness kept shifting definitions mid-testimony, the lawyer called it Humpty Dumptyism and demanded the record be clarified.
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- Screen word deletion
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- Screen changing entry name
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