Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I Love Words!!

This word happens to be one of my current favorites....

circumlocution
\ser-kum-loh-KYOO-shun\

Meaning
*1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2 : evasion in speech

Example Sentence
Mr. Harvey was notorious for his tendency to engage in endless circumlocution when a simple, brief explanation would suffice. (And boy, don't we know people like that! lol ; )
Posted by Romi at 9:01 AM

1 comments:

Brandy said...

And that my dear friend...is one big word! You should of heard me pronouncing it, even with the help there, I stil messed it up! :D

September 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM

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