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When Carroll informs us that it was brillig, and that the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, we (somehow) have an idea of what he is talking about.
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When Carroll informs us that it was brillig, and that the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, we (somehow) have an idea of what he is talking about.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2 -
The first is that of Lewis Carroll, who remains at the surface of sense and, like children, makes use of the non-signifying elements of language in order to construct the portmanteau words (snark = shark + snake; frumious = furious + fuming) and nonsensical phrases (â'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabeâ) that populate his writing.
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The engines actually have directable thrust, and when you gimble, they're just moving around them to make sure they work properly, right?
— CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005 -
Block quotes are useful for temporally disabling large areas of code, or describing the purpose of a function, or detailing the purpose and providing credits for the script itself. function whirlymajig (jabberwocky) {/* Here we take the jabberwocky and insert it in the gire-gimble, taking great care to observe the ipsum lorum!
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They built a set that was called a gimble room.
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