Thursday, December 4, 2008

Verbose


Remember Bhaskaran Aiyyar(if you knew him). The guy will shoot a 100 synonyms of a word when asked. Imaging what would you call an article written by him in the same style as he speaks!
It would possibly be extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.  Pretty verbose and prolix!
Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

Syn: Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome; wearisome.


Round and round

" You know something about him? Some thing that is very irritating, umm.. i dont know the exact thing but it is similar to a thing which looks similar to another thing, what i mean is that his face is like a banana, like the comic hero, oh what was his name... crookbond. Yeah he looks like crook bond and the shape of his face irritates me!"

    Whaattt a lengthy explanation. I really think those sentences could be summarised in a word! What a circumlocution! 

Well, circumlocution is a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.

Etymology says:
It originates from   circumlocutionem (a loan-translation of Gk. periphrasis) "speaking around" (the topic), from circum-"around" + locutionem (nom. locutio) "a speaking," from stem of loqui "to speak.