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Originally Posted by susie123
To round this off, let's go for sesquipedalian (literally "a foot and a half long"):
Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words : Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.
(Sound familiar?)
Synonyms: bombastic, grandiloquent, long-winded, florid, prolix |
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Originally Posted by Michael1954
Or maybe self-aggrandisement? Like Susie, I am enjoying this thread. I suspect it's all a gentle wind-up on DtheP's part. After all, it's in the Anything Goes section.
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You may be right, Michael1954. I have wondered if he's trolling. After all, no one could be all those grand words you and Susie mention in real life.
Could they?