 In Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, young Alice ventures through a magic portal in her bedroom mirror where she encounters a peculiar land with strange creatures and people. In this land, she finds a book which she is unable to read until she tries reading its reflection in the mirror. Unfortunately, the poem she finds written in the book doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. Toa's Brillig and the slivy toves did gyre and jimble in the wave. All mimsie were the borogroves and the momeraths outgrabe. Despite the fact that many of those words aren't words, oddly enough, you still get a general sense of what's happening in the poem. The interesting part is that Through the Looking Glass has been translated into other languages, and so has Jabberwocky. The Brillig, the toves le prescieux se gire en frayant dans les globes. Those aren't French words either. Someone had to think of the general sense conveyed by English not words and make them convey that same sense in French not words. Is it translation of Jabberwocky into someone's native language, like Alice's mirror? The chortle was originally a nonsense word in Jabberwocky, but now it has a definition. What does it take to make a new word? That's it. Feel free to check out related links in the video description. Don't forget to blah blah subscribe, blah share, and don't stop thunking.