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Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:50 am
by KillerTomato
I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:56 am
by smilergrogan
KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
DonKingian
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:59 am
by ulysses5019
Gobbledygookness????
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:00 am
by ulysses5019
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:01 am
by peacock2121
wanker
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:02 am
by nitrah55
Buckleyism.
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:03 am
by Peter5858
KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Not quite bloviator, but close.
Certainly a linguistic pedant (but those are 2 words). Kinda has a nice pejorative bite to it.
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:03 am
by a1mamacat
KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Juch
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:04 am
by peacock2121
a1mamacat wrote:KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Juch
You bad girl.
bad
bad
bad girl
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:08 am
by Bob Juch
a1mamacat wrote:KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Juch
Excuse me?! I very intentionally use simple language in my posts. After all, I know you will be reading them.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:15 am
by kayrharris
Saucy stole my answer! I would have used the same emoticon.
But I like Bob's reply as well.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:15 am
by andrewjackson
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:15 am
by KillerTomato
Thanks much for all the suggestions. I'm liking "linguistic pedantry"...
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:23 am
by christie1111
Wordiness, floridity, tautology.
Boor!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:24 am
by Ritterskoop
pedantic
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:24 am
by a1mamacat
Bob Juch wrote:a1mamacat wrote:KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Juch
Excuse me?! I very intentionally use simple language in my posts. After all, I know you will be reading them.
SNORT
Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:28 am
by peacock2121
Bob Juch wrote:a1mamacat wrote:KillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
Juch
Excuse me?! I very intentionally use simple language in my posts. After all, I know you will be reading them.
perfection!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:31 am
by tlynn78
grandiloquence?
smarty-pants?
Terry? - I had a boss once who (in complete seriousness) asked me not to use words of more than three syllables.
t.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:43 am
by Peter5858
KillerTomato wrote:Thanks much for all the suggestions. I'm liking "linguistic pedantry"...
Another possibility, of course, is asshole.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:46 am
by silvercamaro
pomposity, grandiosity
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:46 am
by silvercamaro
Peter5858 wrote:KillerTomato wrote:Thanks much for all the suggestions. I'm liking "linguistic pedantry"...
Another possibility, of course, is asshole.
REC
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:07 pm
by bazodee
Bombastic
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:51 pm
by Beebs52
Blithering bastiche
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:00 pm
by gsabc
Verbositude
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:11 pm
by NellyLunatic1980
Nobody said prolixity yet...
but I like Peter's choice.
