 In instances like this, both the original and the invented words echo actual words of Carroll's lexicon, but not necessarily ones with similar meanings.Translators have invented words which draw on root words with meanings similar to the English roots used by Carroll.Douglas Hofstadter noted in his essay "Translations of Jabberwocky", the word 'slithy', for example, echoes the English 'slimy', 'slither', 'slippery', 'lithe' and 'sly'.