"sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" meaning in English

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "the tongue wounds more than a lance"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "The earliest recording dates from March 1862 in the US, but is implied to have been used earlier.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference."
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        "(idiomatic) A response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "don't feed the troll"
        }
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        {
          "word": "sticks and stones"
        },
        {
          "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones"
        },
        {
          "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me"
        },
        {
          "word": "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me"
        },
        {
          "word": "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "ei haukku haavaa tee"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "joka toista haukkuu, sen napa paukkuu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "Was kümmert's die Eiche wenn die Sau dran schabt"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lāṭhī aur patthar merī haḍḍiyõ ko toṛ sakte ha͠i, lekin śabd mujhe kabhī coṭ nahī̃ deṅge",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "लाठी और पत्थर मेरी हड्डियों को तोड़ सकते हैं, लेकिन शब्द मुझे कभी चोट नहीं देंगे"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "câinii latră, ursul merge"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "nu mor caii când vor câinii"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xotʹ gorškóm nazoví, tólʹko v péčku ne stavʹ",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "хоть горшко́м назови́, то́лько в пе́чку не ставь"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дрвље и камење"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "drvlje i kamenje"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
          "word": "a palabras necias, oídos sordos"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Sticks and Stones (nursery rhyme)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "the tongue wounds more than a lance"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The earliest recording dates from March 1862 in the US, but is implied to have been used earlier.",
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      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "word": "sticks and stones"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "ei haukku haavaa tee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "joka toista haukkuu, sen napa paukkuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "Was kümmert's die Eiche wenn die Sau dran schabt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lāṭhī aur patthar merī haḍḍiyõ ko toṛ sakte ha͠i, lekin śabd mujhe kabhī coṭ nahī̃ deṅge",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "लाठी और पत्थर मेरी हड्डियों को तोड़ सकते हैं, लेकिन शब्द मुझे कभी चोट नहीं देंगे"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "câinii latră, ursul merge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "nu mor caii când vor câinii"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xotʹ gorškóm nazoví, tólʹko v péčku ne stavʹ",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "хоть горшко́м назови́, то́лько в пе́чку не ставь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дрвље и камење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "drvlje i kamenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference",
      "word": "a palabras necias, oídos sordos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"
}