...1. HUMPTY DtJMPTY in his exegesis of "Jabberwocky:> says : "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy' You see, it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word" ; and later: "Well, then, 'ruirasy' is 'flimsy and miserable1 (there's another portmanteau for you)."...

...been aaked. See 'Through the Looking- Glass,' p. 126: "Slithy means lithe and slimy — you see it 's like a portmanteau, there are two meanings packed up into one word "; and for an explanation, too long to copy, of the theory of these words see ' The Hunting of the...

...HUMPTY PDMPTY in his exegesis of " Jabberwocky" says : " Well, 'slithy ' means lithe and slimy' ...... You see, it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word " ; and later : "Well, then, 'mimsy' is 'flimsy and miserable' (there's another portmanteau for you)."...

...been asked. See Through the Looking-Glass,' p. 126 : "Slithy means lithe and slimy — you see it 's like a portmanteau, there are two meanings packed up into one word "; and for an explanation, too long to copy, of the theory of these words see ' The Hunting of the...

...immortal poem beginning " ' Twas brillig and the slithy toves." He promptly explained that slithy meant lithe and slimy. " Lithe is the same as active. You...a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up in ever)' word." And he later elucidated mimsy as made up of fimsy and miserable. It was of malice...

...beginning " ' Twas brillig and the slithy toves." He promptly explained that slithy meant lithe und slimy. "Lithe is the same as active. You see, it's...a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up in every word." And he later elucidated mimsy as made up of fimsy and miserable. It was of malice prepense...

...Twas brillig and the slithy loves." He promptly explained that slithy meant lithe and slimy. " L itlie is the same as active. You see, it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up in every word." And he later elucidated mimsy as made up of fimsy and miserable. It was of malice prepense...

...when you begin broiling things for dinner." " That '11 do very well," said Alice : " and 'tlithy'?" " Well ' slithy ' means ' lithe and slimy.' ' Lithe ' is the same as ' active.' You see it 's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." " I see it now," Alice...

...Humpty Dumpty explain to Alice the meaning of what he calls a " portmanteau" word. It is, he says, " like a portmanteau ; there are two meanings packed up into one word." In the literature of surgery we are constantly coming across what similarly I may call " portmanteau"...

...Humpty Dumpty explain to Alice the meaning of what he calls a " portmanteau" word. It is, he says, " like a portmanteau ; there are two meanings packed up into one word." In the literature of surgery we are constantly coming across what similarly I may call " portmanteau"...