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chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

Minuteman said: ↑

Couldn't have said it better myself. Sounds like your quite familiar with that concept.
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If I am familiar with the concept, it's merely because I see examples of it often enough posted by others here.

Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 22, 2014

#4421
Minuteman Chaplain Moderator Founding Member

Another concept you may want to become familiar with.

Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness

Sesquipedalian: A long word, or characterized by the use of long words. From the Latin roots meaning "a foot and a half long."
Loquaciousness: That would be garrulousness, verboseness, effusiveness. How about "chattiness"?

A predilection to engage in the manifestation of prolix exposition through a buzzword disposition form of communication notwithstanding the availability of more comprehensible, punctiliously applicable, diminutive alternatives. Also known as "gross verbosity". Related to this is the use of inkhorn terms, loanwords from a foreign origin that are pretentious to an average speaker.

In brief: characters wishing to appear "smart" using long words when short ones would be better, especially when they are also motor mouths. Characters afflicted with this trait often seem to go out of their way to over-complicate their speech, probably because they think that this is the only way to show that they are more intelligent than the average writer. This could also be the trait of a particularly anal-retentive character who always has to be right, the trait extending so far that the character always has to use exactly the right word — never using "blue" when "azure" or "indigo" or even "royal blue" would be more accurate, for example.

Occasionally such characters may drop the long words if things get particularly dire, to emphasize just how bad things are (in the same way as a Sarcasm Failure). Alternatively, they may get even more wordy as they get more emotional, leading to increasingly detailed but ultimately incoherent ranting that falls too easily into wangst.

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." - John F. Kennedy

"You took the good things for granted-now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty that you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer." -George Washington

Minuteman, Jun 22, 2014

#4422

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chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

Minuteman said: ↑

Another concept you may want to become familiar with.

Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness

Sesquipedalian: A long word, or characterized by the use of long words. From the Latin roots meaning "a foot and a half long."
Loquaciousness: That would be garrulousness, verboseness, effusiveness. How about "chattiness"?

A predilection to engage in the manifestation of prolix exposition through a buzzword disposition form of communication notwithstanding the availability of more comprehensible, punctiliously applicable, diminutive alternatives. Also known as "gross verbosity". Related to this is the use of inkhorn terms, loanwords from a foreign origin that are pretentious to an average speaker.

In brief: characters wishing to appear "smart" using long words when short ones would be better, especially when they are also motor mouths. Characters afflicted with this trait often seem to go out of their way to over-complicate their speech, probably because they think that this is the only way to show that they are more intelligent than the average writer. This could also be the trait of a particularly anal-retentive character who always has to be right, the trait extending so far that the character always has to use exactly the right word — never using "blue" when "azure" or "indigo" or even "royal blue" would be more accurate, for example.

Occasionally such characters may drop the long words if things get particularly dire, to emphasize just how bad things are (in the same way as a Sarcasm Failure). Alternatively, they may get even more wordy as they get more emotional, leading to increasingly detailed but ultimately incoherent ranting that falls too easily into wangst.
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Luke 4:23 seems to be particularly apt....you've used some 260 words (give or take a few) to describe a smart-@r$e with an extensive vocabulary who uses it. (edit *)

You may also wish to have a look at post #4427 of this thread....the discussion seems to be pointedly descending into "responding to tone", ad hominem and name calling.

I quite like Nikola Tesla...but not everything that is attributed to him is pure gold...it seems that your Tesla quote in post #4419 may be hoax quotation. I could not find any confirmation of it being genuine in any on-line bibliography of Tesla articles or quotes. It seems that Tesla suffers from the same fate as Einstein; of anonymous meme generating individuals, putting their own words into the mouths of eminent persons. A practice probably as ancient as the Tanakh and the Gospels.

* Maybe I'm being a little too harsh....I thought you may have been referring to me, when you were actually only just cutting and pasting an article about TV Tropes from Main/Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - Television Tropes & Idioms . Putting the cut and paste between quotation marks and properly attributing it, might have avoided the unfortunate misunderstanding.

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Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 22, 2014

#4423
chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 22, 2014

#4424

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kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

“Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think." John Galt (Ayn Rand)

Patents are not evil, profit is not a dirty word, providing for your family's future is not a sin, and what is mine is not your's just because you want it. Kellory.
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kellory, Jun 22, 2014

#4425

Yard Dart, CaboWabo5150 and chelloveck like this.
chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

I think I understand your concern about "...Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.." ...you may be suffering from

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

Via: tv tropes | Diigo
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Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 22, 2014

#4426

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Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

Sorry chell...

@Yard Dart had the last sentence ...

to go to the bibliographically, to do find other sources, to better understand the context of the book I was reading about counterinsurgency operations.

"hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia"exceeds the letter count... I think we were only up to using17 and it's out of sequence should start with the letter "D"... but that said it's a hell of a word... heck I might use it if we ever get to 35 in the word sentence game...
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In the matter of allies only two things are important. First, can he shoot? Second, will he aim at your enemy?

Ideas are more important then guns. If we wouldn’t let our opponents have guns, why would we let them have ideas? -Joseph Stalin

Witch Doctor 01, Jun 22, 2014

#4427

Yard Dart, chelloveck and kellory like this.
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VisuTrac, Jun 22, 2014

#4428

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kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

VisuTrac said: ↑

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=734297629942306
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“Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think." John Galt (Ayn Rand)

Patents are not evil, profit is not a dirty word, providing for your family's future is not a sin, and what is mine is not your's just because you want it. Kellory.
I have received NO secret government orders.(Watch for this notice to be removed)

kellory, Jun 22, 2014

#4429
chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

VisuTrac said: ↑

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=734297629942306
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A trio on a trike makes sense...

Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 22, 2014

#4430

GOG likes this.
kellory An unemployed Jester, is nobody's fool. Banned

"Flash Player upgrade required to view content." Made no sense.

“Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think." John Galt (Ayn Rand)

Patents are not evil, profit is not a dirty word, providing for your family's future is not a sin, and what is mine is not your's just because you want it. Kellory.
I have received NO secret government orders.(Watch for this notice to be removed)

kellory, Jun 22, 2014

#4431
DarkLight Live Long and Prosper - On Hiatus

That happens on my phone from time to time

Reluctor Dominatus - μολών λαβέ - ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, The Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed. - The Second Amendment

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - John Galt

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DarkLight, Jun 22, 2014

#4432
tacmotusn RIP 1/13/21

VisuTrac said: ↑

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=734297629942306
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a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. If there are no helmet laws there, and they aren't under the influence of drugs or alcohol, not speeding ...... What's the harm in what they are doing?

* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.*
* Resistance to Tyrants, is obedience to God. * Thomas Jefferson
*Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.* Thomas Paine

tacmotusn, Jun 22, 2014

#4433

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CaboWabo5150 Hell's coming with me

tacmotusn said: ↑

a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. If there are no helmet laws there, and they aren't under the influence of drugs or alcohol, not speeding ...... What's the harm in what they are doing?
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They are in Russia, ( a free Country ? ) --- Try that in the U.S. ( without the proper permits ) and you'll find yourself in a cage.

The most dangerous fighting machine the world has ever seen, is a pissed off 19 year old Marine. I'm not 19 anymore, but I am as good once as I ever was.

CaboWabo5150, Jun 22, 2014

#4434

Yard Dart, Mountainman and chelloveck like this.
Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

I think I saw him miss a beat....

In the matter of allies only two things are important. First, can he shoot? Second, will he aim at your enemy?

Ideas are more important then guns. If we wouldn’t let our opponents have guns, why would we let them have ideas? -Joseph Stalin

Witch Doctor 01, Jun 22, 2014

#4435
Yard Dart Vigilant Monkey Moderator

Witch Doctor 01 said: ↑

Sorry chell...

@Yard Dart had the last sentence ...
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how did the dart get dragged into this melee? ...and it was a nice word, though I doubt I have ever used it in a sentence...

"Freedom isn't free" --Colonel Walter Hitchcock
“The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.” General 'Mad Dog' James Mattis
non semper erit aestas- It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)!!

Yard Dart, Jun 22, 2014

#4436

chelloveck likes this.
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Remember this? I was like, "Woo-HOO!"

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Brokor, Jun 23, 2014

#4437

hammer502, Yard Dart, tacmotusn and 3 others like this.
chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

Brokor said: ↑

Remember this? I was like, "Woo-HOO!"
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The environmental impact statement would make for interesting reading....

Rules are for the guidance of the wise, and the blind obedience of fools. - unsourced

To deny your oppressor's, or your own humanity is to descend into barbarism. - V. Chelloveck

Survival is a battle for the mind...mainly one's own. - V. Chelloveck

A beautiful idea founded on faulty reasoning is like a turd wrapped in gold foil, tinsel and glitter. Neither are wholesome if swollowed whole! - V. Chelloveck

What is a religion, but a cult with a larger following and a veneer of respectability. - V.C.

chelloveck, Jun 23, 2014

#4438
Yard Dart Vigilant Monkey Moderator

chelloveck said: ↑

The environmental impact statement would make for interesting reading....
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More likely a financial impact statement is needed to tap that well

"Freedom isn't free" --Colonel Walter Hitchcock
“The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.” General 'Mad Dog' James Mattis
non semper erit aestas- It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)!!

Yard Dart, Jun 23, 2014

#4439

Cruisin Sloth, chelloveck, Mountainman and 1 other person like this.
natshare Monkey+++

kellory said: ↑

I was wondering if Noah had finished his boat yet.
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Noah was still working on building his first row boat back then. It wasn't until years later, when you were programming on a Trash 80, that he built his ark!

And hey.....I might not have called that whatchamacallit by the right name, but at least y'all knew what I was talking about, right??

natshare, Jun 23, 2014

#4440

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