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Matune1 Posted 22 years ago
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Thesaurustic ramblings ...
From time to time, our newspaper publishes the ramblings of a local 'letter-to-the-editor-writer.' This person expresses his displeasure with everything in our world, from city council meetings to world politics. Not a happy camper.
Is there a word which defines or describes a person who uses very long, uncommon words to express his or her ideas in such a complicated and negative fashion? Other than 'long-winded loser?' It's as if he consults Roget's to find every other word in these diatribes.
Is there a word which defines or describes a person who uses very long, uncommon words to express his or her ideas in such a complicated and negative fashion? Other than 'long-winded loser?' It's as if he consults Roget's to find every other word in these diatribes.
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2 words come to mind: Pompous and pretentious. Both have a negative sense and are used in when describing the person who communicates their disapproval of everything. The 'long-winded loser' description was also apt.
- 2 words come to mind: Pompous and pretentious.
- Both have a negative sense and are used in when describing the person who communicates their disapproval of everything.
- The 'long-winded loser' description was also apt.
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2 words come to mind:
Pompous and pretentious. Both have a negative sense and are used in when describing the person who communicates their disapproval of everything.
The 'long-winded loser' description was also apt.
Pompous and pretentious. Both have a negative sense and are used in when describing the person who communicates their disapproval of everything.
The 'long-winded loser' description was also apt.
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