Language trickery and nonsense

"My cat ate my house" makes sense, you understand what it means. It highlights the difference between nonsense and no sense. It makes sense but is nonsense. A cat will never eat a house, unless it is a house made of collagen or meat. Language is a great tool for conveying our thoughts to one another, great until it is used as a device to trick you.

"This sentence is false" is one more of the countless language twists that has stoked a bit of fun.

If you replace 'this sentence' with x, "x is false" it is no big deal. However, as 'this sentence' includes 'this sentence is false' it becomes recursive.

(this sentence is false) is false.

((this sentence is false) is false) is false.

Politicians, the pedantic nuisances, prats, estate agent all manipulate language for their gain. To confuse and obfuscate. A lot of philosophy revolves around trying to define things, but so often it gets mind numbing. The language is no longer a tool to share ideas and concepts but to unhinge people. Many find themselves losing an argument and rather than conceding, they resort to manipulating the language to 'prove' they are correct instead.