Twilight Zone episode, "Word Play"

In order to understand the fallacy that words have meanings, that words are just meaningless variables until someone fixes the variable and chooses to interpret the words in a particular way, watch the following Twilight Zone episode.

Why do people argue over silly questions? They think they are disputing facts, but they are disagreeing about what name they will give to those facts.

If you have trouble viewing the embedded video below, click here to view the 18-minute episode on YouTube.

Multiple Meanings for "FAST" and "CALL"

Enjoy the following excerpt from William Haney's 6th edition of Communication and Interpersonal Relations: Texts and Cases (1992, p. 274):