03/26/04 : word of the day : circumlocution
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03/26/04 : word of the day : circumlocution
cir·cum·lo·cu·tion (sűrkm-l-kyshn)
n.
1. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Evasion in speech or writing.
3. A roundabout expression.
n.
1. The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Evasion in speech or writing.
3. A roundabout expression.
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So in other words, what you're saying is that, in the final analysis, for what it worth, in your opinion, regardless of cirumstance, notwithstanding some catastrophe, that people should make every concievable effort to speak concisely, without using fatuous obfuscatory language and syntax, so that no matter the time or place, they can be understood in a broad range of contexts, regardless of race, creed or any other usually opinionated option one might have in their brain.
Right? :fawk:
Right? :fawk:
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Oh. Okay.
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Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
So in other words, what you're saying is that, in the final analysis, for what it worth, in your opinion, regardless of cirumstance, notwithstanding some catastrophe, that people should make every concievable effort to speak concisely, without using fatuous obfuscatory language and syntax, so that no matter the time or place, they can be understood in a broad range of contexts, regardless of race, creed or any other usually opinionated option one might have in their brain.
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Originally Posted by rich
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Originally Posted by DB7 2.0
verbose
10-4.
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From: Gaithersburg, MD AIM: ellejayess
Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
So in other words, what you're saying is that, in the final analysis, for what it worth, in your opinion, regardless of cirumstance, notwithstanding some catastrophe, that people should make every concievable effort to speak concisely, without using fatuous obfuscatory language and syntax, so that no matter the time or place, they can be understood in a broad range of contexts, regardless of race, creed or any other usually opinionated option one might have in their brain.
Right? :fawk:
Right? :fawk:
h: