Who said it, when, where, to whom and in reference to what?

Question

"He has couched the absinthean vehmence of his address in terms that are on the one hand paraphraistic and on the other hand paralogistic. Indeed, his jeremiad, his threnody, can only be taken for what it actaully is: an atrobilious amphigory!"

And, what does it mean...?

Answer 1

Looks like a paraphrase of a radio routine from the 70's where the speaker was giving an "intellectual analysis" of a politician's resignation speech, using nonsense words as a way of poking fun at political rhetoric. The quote as I found it is: “…[W]ith some degree of circumlocution, he has couched the nehement vehemence of his address in a periphrastic bit of cajoulistry, which is para-logistic on the one hand, and incapacious on the other. Indeed, his jeremiad, his frenicity – call it what you will – can only be accepted for what it is: an atrabilious amphigory.” It's credited to Danny James, but I'm not sure how accurate that info is.

Answer 2

In case anyone still cares, this is from a comedy routine by Bob & Ray (Bob Elliott, father of Chris Elliott, and Ray Goulding) and comes from their 1970 album "The Two and Only". It is spoken by Bob as part of a lampoon of overly verbose political analysis and immediately follows Ray doing a speech as a candidate who is a sore loser. "With some degree of circumlocutory skill, he has couched the absinthian vehemence of his address into a periphrastic bit of casuistry, which is paralogistic on the one hand, and incapacious on the other. Indeed, his jeremiad – his threnody – call it what you will – can only be accepted for what it is: an atrabilious amphigory."

Answer 3

Starlightfading is correct. The only thing I can add is that it doesn't mean anything; it's nonsense and was meant to be so, because that was the key product of the politician's rhetoric.

Answer 4

no no no! That was from Bob and Ray, the two and only