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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca