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Sesquipedalianism
Posted by lostcerebellum, Aug 17, 2008. 12514 views. ID = 1607
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Obsequious, a fancy word, is used infrequently,
And even then, in likelihood, it’s ostentatiously.
A scrivener with logorrhea incoherently
Endeavors to communicate through his garrulity.
Articulating thoughts by means of volubility
Is not synonymous with writing efficaciously.
Our language is a tool, intended, surely, to be used,
But not to make the reader feel grammatically abused.
Incessant tautological and pleonastic words
Connote verbose pretentiousness and sound somewhat absurd.
Don’t babble on loquaciously in insincere display;
"Succinct and cogent lucidness," is what I always say.
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Comments
LOL
What a mouthful.
~Posted by Scribbler, Aug 17, 2008LOL
"grammatically abused" What a great way to put it! :-)
~Posted by Katie, Aug 18, 2008You've done it. I'm impressed. You've blown my vocabulary out of the water, and, for me, that's very refreshing!
~Posted by overmortal, Aug 18, 2008I know it's trying to speak to me D:
*gets dictionary*
~Posted by KC Rell, Sep 13, 2008
BoyOct 18, 2009You what what?
That is cool!
~Posted by Boy, Oct 18, 2009BoyOct 19, 2009 Hey, I thought i would rewrite this in simple words. Are you ok with this? if you are i would lover your input as to whether i have got the definitions correct.
Thanks
~Posted by Boy, Oct 19, 2009Have fun. Sounds like a hard task to me, but I don't know just what you have in mind. The dictionary definitions would be better than mine. Besides, what makes you think I have a clue about the meanings of these words?
~Posted by lostcerebellum, Dec 10, 2009BoyJan 21, 2010 Fair enough. Here, it's on my page. Feel free to correct it.
~Posted by Boy, Jan 21, 2010That's hilarious!!!
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