Full Idea
Some philosophers construe meaningfulness as the having (in some sense of 'having') of some abstract entity which he calls a meaning, whereas I do not.
Gist of Idea
I do not believe there is some abstract entity called a 'meaning' which we can 'have'
Source
Willard Quine (On What There Is [1948], p.11)
Book Reference
Quine,Willard: 'From a Logical Point of View' [Harper and Row 1963], p.11
A Reaction
To call a meaning an 'entity' is to put a spin on it that makes it very implausible. Introspection shows us a gap between grasping a word and grasping its meaning.