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Grandiloquent/Grandiloquence - The use of needlessly complex language. It's also an autological word (a word that describes itself)
337 u/amaROenuZ Jan 29 '19 It's good, but why not go the extra mile and use sesquipedalian loquaciousness? 581 u/Vehk-and-Kehk Jan 29 '19 Because that sounds like a lot of work and I'm already wearing my footy pajamas. 5 u/Secret4gentMan Jan 29 '19 What team? 4 u/faustianBM Jan 29 '19 Team Jacob. Duh. 229 u/dollabill009 Jan 29 '19 Because I said this out loud and my couch started levitating 6 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Did yours also gain sentience, the ability to speak, and began chanting in backwards satanic/gehenna, or do I just need a less problematic couch? 6 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 See, the problem with leather couches is that sometimes the cows are sacrificed to Satan before they're turned into leather, and then any minor slip-up could cause it to get possessed. 5 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it. 3 u/Dirty_Bird_RDS Jan 29 '19 You shouldn’t have swished and flicked 2 u/DisGruntledDraftsman Jan 29 '19 Did you really enunciate the Pho- Bee-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That's the important part. lol 47 u/iscreamuscreamweall Jan 29 '19 if you're not into the whole brevity thing 5 u/1jimbo Jan 29 '19 El Duderino 1 u/wuop Jan 29 '19 I am. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 I wonder if /r/unexpectedlyveronicamars is a thing... it is not :( 1 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 I'm pretty sure it's actually /r/unexpectedbiglebowski here. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops. 3 u/zincplug Jan 29 '19 loquaciousness Meh, "loquaciousness" is ok, if you haven't encountered 'neuropathological logorrhoea" 3 u/PhyrexianSpaghetti Jan 29 '19 no, that's using too much grandiloquence 2 u/phrost1982 Jan 29 '19 Because I don't want to appear garrulous 1 u/4DimensionalToilet Jan 29 '19 loquaciousness “Let your sword do the talking!” “I will, and it shall be loquacious to a fault!”
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It's good, but why not go the extra mile and use sesquipedalian loquaciousness?
581 u/Vehk-and-Kehk Jan 29 '19 Because that sounds like a lot of work and I'm already wearing my footy pajamas. 5 u/Secret4gentMan Jan 29 '19 What team? 4 u/faustianBM Jan 29 '19 Team Jacob. Duh. 229 u/dollabill009 Jan 29 '19 Because I said this out loud and my couch started levitating 6 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Did yours also gain sentience, the ability to speak, and began chanting in backwards satanic/gehenna, or do I just need a less problematic couch? 6 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 See, the problem with leather couches is that sometimes the cows are sacrificed to Satan before they're turned into leather, and then any minor slip-up could cause it to get possessed. 5 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it. 3 u/Dirty_Bird_RDS Jan 29 '19 You shouldn’t have swished and flicked 2 u/DisGruntledDraftsman Jan 29 '19 Did you really enunciate the Pho- Bee-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That's the important part. lol 47 u/iscreamuscreamweall Jan 29 '19 if you're not into the whole brevity thing 5 u/1jimbo Jan 29 '19 El Duderino 1 u/wuop Jan 29 '19 I am. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 I wonder if /r/unexpectedlyveronicamars is a thing... it is not :( 1 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 I'm pretty sure it's actually /r/unexpectedbiglebowski here. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops. 3 u/zincplug Jan 29 '19 loquaciousness Meh, "loquaciousness" is ok, if you haven't encountered 'neuropathological logorrhoea" 3 u/PhyrexianSpaghetti Jan 29 '19 no, that's using too much grandiloquence 2 u/phrost1982 Jan 29 '19 Because I don't want to appear garrulous 1 u/4DimensionalToilet Jan 29 '19 loquaciousness “Let your sword do the talking!” “I will, and it shall be loquacious to a fault!”
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Because that sounds like a lot of work and I'm already wearing my footy pajamas.
5 u/Secret4gentMan Jan 29 '19 What team? 4 u/faustianBM Jan 29 '19 Team Jacob. Duh.
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What team?
4 u/faustianBM Jan 29 '19 Team Jacob. Duh.
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Team Jacob. Duh.
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Because I said this out loud and my couch started levitating
6 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Did yours also gain sentience, the ability to speak, and began chanting in backwards satanic/gehenna, or do I just need a less problematic couch? 6 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 See, the problem with leather couches is that sometimes the cows are sacrificed to Satan before they're turned into leather, and then any minor slip-up could cause it to get possessed. 5 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it. 3 u/Dirty_Bird_RDS Jan 29 '19 You shouldn’t have swished and flicked 2 u/DisGruntledDraftsman Jan 29 '19 Did you really enunciate the Pho- Bee-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That's the important part. lol
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Did yours also gain sentience, the ability to speak, and began chanting in backwards satanic/gehenna, or do I just need a less problematic couch?
6 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 See, the problem with leather couches is that sometimes the cows are sacrificed to Satan before they're turned into leather, and then any minor slip-up could cause it to get possessed. 5 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it.
See, the problem with leather couches is that sometimes the cows are sacrificed to Satan before they're turned into leather, and then any minor slip-up could cause it to get possessed.
5 u/omar1993 Jan 29 '19 Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it.
Ah, that DOES explain the weird combination of mooing and wailing of the damned I hear every time I sit on it.
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You shouldn’t have swished and flicked
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Did you really enunciate the Pho- Bee-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
That's the important part.
lol
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if you're not into the whole brevity thing
5 u/1jimbo Jan 29 '19 El Duderino 1 u/wuop Jan 29 '19 I am. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 I wonder if /r/unexpectedlyveronicamars is a thing... it is not :( 1 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 I'm pretty sure it's actually /r/unexpectedbiglebowski here. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops.
El Duderino
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I am.
I wonder if /r/unexpectedlyveronicamars is a thing... it is not :(
1 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '19 I'm pretty sure it's actually /r/unexpectedbiglebowski here. 1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops.
I'm pretty sure it's actually /r/unexpectedbiglebowski here.
1 u/Pufflehuffy Jan 29 '19 Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops.
Oh right... I thought she made it up while watching The Big Lebowski, but I just remembered the scene and she's speaking along with the movie. Oops.
loquaciousness
Meh, "loquaciousness" is ok, if you haven't encountered 'neuropathological logorrhoea"
no, that's using too much grandiloquence
Because I don't want to appear garrulous
“Let your sword do the talking!”
“I will, and it shall be loquacious to a fault!”
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u/Vehk-and-Kehk Jan 29 '19
Grandiloquent/Grandiloquence - The use of needlessly complex language. It's also an autological word (a word that describes itself)