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His proclivity for sesquipedalianism, manifested in the substitution of "infelicity" for the more pedestrian "misfortune," may have been an artifice to inveigle
by stevenjgarner 3y ago
His proclivity for sesquipedalianism, manifested in the substitution of "infelicity" for the more pedestrian "misfortune," may have been an artifice to inveigle the reader into a divergent mode of cogitation.
- MikeTheGreat 3y agoOK, 1) This is awesome :) and 2) How much of this is you, and how much is ChatGPT? (Or a thesaurus?) Still, I tip my hat to you! :)
- devilbunny 3y agoThey are unusual words, but not really obscure. I have always liked “inveigle”. Probably just someone who likes to read older books. There have been a lot of so-called inkhorn terms in English; some made it into common use, some remained but are rare, some died on the vine.
- smitty1e 3y agoEschew obfuscation.
- bloaf 3y agoWrite newspeak for goodthink.
- erik_seaberg 3y ago“Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words? It’s not very easy. Type in the box to try it out.” https://splasho.com/upgoer5/ https://splasho.com/upgoer5/
- smitty1e 3y agoAn effort: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=Ez9loFOzo2kfo3qmVUEbMFOjo2yhqPOiMvO3nTS0VTymVUEiVTWyVTEiozHhVPtaMaIhL3Eco24aXD== https://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=Ez9loFOzo2kfo3qmVUEbMFOjo2yhq...