In 1871, Lewis Carroll penned a significant poem called Jabberwocky, which made a noteworthy etymological contribution within its concise seven stanzas. The poem introduced the term Jabberwocky itself, representing nonsensical language, as the poem was a blend of sense and nonsense. Carroll explained that this term was derived from the Anglo-Saxon word wocor, meaning “fruit”, and the English word jabber, meaning “excited discussion”. Additionally, Jabberwocky gave birth to the word chortle, a combination of chuckle and snort, as well as galumph, believed to mean “move clumsily” and possibly originating from a blend of gallop and triumph or a similar combination. Many other words in the poem were either amalgamations of existing words or simply created for amusement.
