We don't make up words and then tell the words what to be.
We see "what is"... and we make up words to describe "what is".
Start with the "what is"... and then decide what to call it.
Nothing... we call nothing.
Something... we call something, or by its specific name if we have specific knowledge.
By definition. The way words work.
We use words to describe reality. We don't use words to tell reality what it is, or what to do.