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From Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less." The coinage "humptydumptyism" has been attributed to Frank Beach. Doublespeak (Orwell, 1984), changing the definitions of words to suit one's usually nefarious purposes.
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When longtalking President Clinton William Jefferson Clinton scornfully wagged his finger at the world (and at me personally --for I watched his performance live -- and actually fell for it, to my everlasting chagrin) and said, "I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky," he supplied such an outstanding example of humptydumptism that it might never have been surpassed. Redefining such a well-know three-letter word as "sex" required immense audacity.
However, the longtalker did surpass himself during his grand jury testimony when he said in a relaxed tone, "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is." Redefining that two-letter word for "to be" was dazzling. Even though his insensitivity to appropriate behavior in the Oval Office peeved me, his daring chutzpah caused me to smile, even laugh, and say to my wife, "He's just too slick. We should just let him finish his term and forget about it. He'll never be cornered."
President Clinton and Ms. Humpmeanddumpmestein both acknowledge their illicit activities in the Oval Office. That she fellated him in the Oval Office -- once even as he was talking on the telephone about putting American troops in harm's way -- including my son, who was stationed in Europe at that time. Ms. Humpmeanddumpmestein is even reputed in some circles (in the Starr Report?) to have performed analingus on him in the Oval Office. No one disputes that President Clinton was putting romantic notions in Monica's head, putting a small curved cylindrical object in her mouth, and playing with cigars in her . . . presence. They were never "alone" and they never had "sex" and Monica was a "stalker"? Hmmm. Humptydumptyism definitely reached a peak during President Clinton's years in office.
Though his actions in the Oval Office with Monica Lewinsky were beneath contempt, they did not rise to a level sufficient for either impeachment or conviction. Had they just "got a room" there would have been only a minor squabble about the affair. Had he not engaged in humptydumptyism in testimony before a grand jury, his impeachment would never have taken place. That was the issue, not his horny, juvenile behavior with an intern. The Left just couldn't understand because, of course, they are always right.
: Catchy titles in articles or coined terms made people much more aware of Beach's work. "The Snark Was a Boojum" (Beach, 1950), "The Descent of Instinct" (Beach, 1955), "Angry Mosquitoes" (Beach, 1945), and "Locks and Beagles" (Beach, 1969) were all humorous titles that stood out among many of the usual dull titles that state explicitly what was to be discussed. Beach used an element of suspense as to what the articles were to be about, and he was well known for using these tactics. Many words were coined by Beach, for example, ramstergig (a hypothetical blend between rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs), thunch (theory-hunch), neurophilia, and Humptydumptyism.
: The current controversy over the flying of the Confederate flag on the South Carolina state capitol building is an excellent example. Those who support the flag define its meaning as exclusively a remembrance of South Carolinians who died in the . . . War Between the States. . . . Most of those who decry the flag define its meaning as exclusively a symbol of South Carolina's segregationist past. . . . Of course, both parties are correct in assigning their meaning to the flag, but incorrect in excluding the opposition's meaning. This might be called "humptydumptyism". . . . |
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