definitioneering

ユーモラス文体稀用不可算名詞

(rare, humorous) The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.

日本語の意味

（稀でユーモラスな用法）定義をでっち上げる行為、特に即興的に定義を考案すること

Her weekend hobby of definitioneering had friends both amused and bemused as she invented elaborate meanings for ordinary words.

彼女の週末の趣味である定義をでっち上げる行為は、普通の言葉に精巧な意味を作り出して友人たちを楽しませると同時に困惑させていた。

意味（1）

(rare, humorous) The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.

Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?