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Word of the Day: Circumlocution
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:34 am
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:34 am
Circumlocution
sir-kum-lo-KYOO-shun
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 16th century
1
Using more words than necessary to express a thought
2
An indirect expression
Examples of Circumlocution in a sentence
"His drawn-out speech was not only boring, but it was pure circumlocution and made no real points."
"His attempt at circumlocution didn’t fool his mother when she asked where he was last night."
"TulaneLSU's Top 10 lists are masterful expressions of brilliant circumlocution."
sir-kum-lo-KYOO-shun
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 16th century
1
Using more words than necessary to express a thought
2
An indirect expression
Examples of Circumlocution in a sentence
"His drawn-out speech was not only boring, but it was pure circumlocution and made no real points."
"His attempt at circumlocution didn’t fool his mother when she asked where he was last night."
"TulaneLSU's Top 10 lists are masterful expressions of brilliant circumlocution."
This post was edited on 1/15/20 at 11:35 am
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Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:35 am to Rammin TX
frick, now I know how to describe Oweo. Thanks!
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:41 am to Rammin TX
People should read more.
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:45 am to Rammin TX
Little Carmine was guilty of this bigly
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:51 am to Rammin TX
I prefer "Bloviate."
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:51 am to Rammin TX
Posted on 1/15/20 at 11:53 am to Rammin TX
These threads will come in handy when Louisiana abolishes TOPS
Posted on 1/15/20 at 12:10 pm to Rammin TX
Example of circumlocution:
circumlocution
circumlocution
Posted on 1/15/20 at 1:21 pm to Rammin TX
And I here thought it meant the eletrocution of someone that botched a circumcision. 
Posted on 1/15/20 at 1:53 pm to Rammin TX
If I would have had to guess I would have went with some sort of lotion to help with masturbation.
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:57 pm to Rammin TX
quote:That reminds me: whatever happened to Muppet?
Using more words than necessary to express a thought
Posted on 1/15/20 at 2:59 pm to Rammin TX
quote:
sir-kum-lo-KYOO-shun
How the hell is KYOO supposed to help me pronounce something. I don't have that one filed back in the memory banks.
Posted on 1/15/20 at 3:00 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:do you need kyoo cards?
How the hell is KYOO supposed to help me pronounce something. I don't have that one filed back in the memory banks.
Posted on 1/15/20 at 4:00 pm to OysterPoBoy
Q
kyoo
noun
noun: Q; plural noun: Q's; plural noun: Qs
the seventeenth letter of the alphabet.
kyoo
noun
noun: Q; plural noun: Q's; plural noun: Qs
the seventeenth letter of the alphabet.
This post was edited on 1/15/20 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 1/15/20 at 4:03 pm to Rammin TX
quote:
kyoo
Posted on 1/16/20 at 8:33 am to Rammin TX
Interesting. So someone that drones on an on without actually adding any pertinent or worthwhile information would be a circumlocutor.
Elocution is using words skillfully and with purpose. Someone who does this would be an elocutor. that person is eloquent , whereas someone who circumlocutes would be circumloquacious.
So someone that, say, would post paragraph after paragraph of pablum without presenting a pertinent point could be called a sad sack of circumloquacious shite, sitting silently, shut in and spurned by society.
Elocution is using words skillfully and with purpose. Someone who does this would be an elocutor. that person is eloquent , whereas someone who circumlocutes would be circumloquacious.
So someone that, say, would post paragraph after paragraph of pablum without presenting a pertinent point could be called a sad sack of circumloquacious shite, sitting silently, shut in and spurned by society.
This post was edited on 1/16/20 at 8:45 am
Posted on 1/16/20 at 9:39 am to geaux88
quote:
I prefer "Bloviate."
I like blathering. It goes well with other descriptors
Posted on 1/16/20 at 10:02 am to Josh Allen
quote:
These threads will come in handy when Louisiana abolishes TOPS
TOPS didnt come into play until the late 1990s, correlating with the immense dumbing down of higher education standards in Louisiana? Causation? Probably not. Coincidental? Probably not.
TOPS has not made for a more intelligent population.
Posted on 1/16/20 at 10:05 am to Rammin TX
quote:
CircumlOweOcution
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