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Category Archives: Showing Off

Words, Words, Words

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I’m a sucker for words of all shapes, sizes, and especially, sounds. But its chief function is communication… if you have an arcane word that is the absolute mot juste, have at.
But [a word like] stochastic? Its only pragmatic functions to show off. It’s sure as hell not trying to communicate, is it?

Posted byJack CanforaMay 28, 2022May 29, 2022Posted inCommunication, Language, Linguistics, Rules, Showing Off, Words, WritingLeave a comment on Words, Words, Words

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Portrait of Two Misfits. I haven’t had time to read much of it, but @garygulman is a national treasure, and he breaks out the word “flimflammery” in the third sentence, something James Baldwin, despite years of effort, never achieved. Stop at nothing to buy this book!
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