The contemporary spokesmen for government, business, and academia have taken a page out of “Alice in Wonderland”: Words mean whatever you choose to have them mean.

At some point, words had meanings detached from the user. They were ideas incarnate that stood on their own buttressed by Webster’s Dictionary.

Now, of course, they are unmoored, set adrift by sophists who employ words for advantage or even to change meaning. The Orwellian reversal of language, e.g., “war is peace,” has been taken to a new level of manipulation. Full Piece