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Humpty Dumpty and Private Language

"I don't know what you mean by 'glory,'" Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't--till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you!'"

"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument,'" said Alice.

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”

"The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”

“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”

---Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

You can't expect someone to understand you in a technical discussion if you misuse the technical terms. Alice has the better of the argument but Humpty Dumpty simply asserts his mastery and Alice is rather puzzled. But I don't think you can count on John being puzzled by this.
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