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

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain