'That's enough to begin with; Humpty Dumpty interrupted: 'there are plenty of hard words there. "Brillig" means four o'clock in the afternoon - the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.'
'That'll do very well.' said Alice: 'and "slithy"?'
'Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word.'
'I see it now,'Alice remarked thoughtfully: 'and what are "toves"?'
'Well, "toves" are something like badgers - they're something like lizards - and they're something like corkscrews.'
'They must be very curious-looking creatures.'
'They are that,' said Humpty Dumpty: ' also they make their nests under sundials - also they live on cheese.'