[GilesB]

Neither of your examples have anything to do with the statistical term “outlier”.

Since I was the one who expressed my interest in Goode as an outlier, it is my use of the true definition that applies, not the one you pull out to fit your argument of the moment.

[Elsie]

Since I was the one who expressed my interest in Goode as an outlier, it is my use of the true definition that applies, not the one you pull out to fit your argument of the moment.

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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,

' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'