Is it magniloquent to use the word 'magniloquent?'
July 26, 2004 7:12 AM Subscribe
Would it be inescapably magniloquent to use the word 'magniloquent?'
At the very least, it's a bit recherche.
I decry this as a bad (but fun) AskMe.
posted by Capn at 8:20 AM on July 26, 2004
I decry this as a bad (but fun) AskMe.
posted by Capn at 8:20 AM on July 26, 2004
I'd never heard of magniloquent before. Now that I have, I probably still won't ever use it unless I'm being humourously sesquipedalian.
posted by cardboard at 10:08 AM on July 26, 2004
posted by cardboard at 10:08 AM on July 26, 2004
It depends, you don't have your name on your profile, if you are Umberto Eco or Martin Amis you can possibly get away with it, relevant to context, otherwise you may end up being thought of as a wanker.
posted by biffa at 10:22 AM on July 26, 2004
posted by biffa at 10:22 AM on July 26, 2004
How multiloquy, you polyloquent and linguaciously wrong-headed piece of inaniloquousness.
Nunshitter. :)
Oddly enough, magniloquent is a new one for me. I'm such a fraud.
posted by loquacious at 1:24 PM on July 26, 2004
Nunshitter. :)
Oddly enough, magniloquent is a new one for me. I'm such a fraud.
posted by loquacious at 1:24 PM on July 26, 2004
I think it's a dandy word. While using huge words just to show off is certainly annoying, this dislike for any new or large words is the
cenotaph of a condescending intellectual populism.
Further, a word like magniloquent can be better than "keeping it simple" in some cases - it can serve as its own example!
posted by freebird at 2:27 PM on July 26, 2004
cenotaph of a condescending intellectual populism.
Further, a word like magniloquent can be better than "keeping it simple" in some cases - it can serve as its own example!
posted by freebird at 2:27 PM on July 26, 2004
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posted by Stoatfarm at 7:33 AM on July 26, 2004