Very Pretty but Hard to Understand

An interpretation of the oft repeated double portmanteau “Brexit means Brexit,” is becoming clear – it doesn’t mean anything of the sort.  I am grateful to a pal in Northumberland for pointing out a literary parallel:  "when I use a word," Humpty Dumpy said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less!”  A point of view obviously welcome to the collection of Slithy Toves at Chequers last week where not a single Bandersnatch exposed themselves.