Thread: 03/26/04 : word of the day : circumlocution
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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Default 03/26/04 : word of the day : circumlocution
cir·cum·lo·cu·tion (sūrkm-l-kyshn)
n.
1. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Evasion in speech or writing.
3. A roundabout expression.
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