2006-07-12 16:58:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Forum, BBS, and Yahoo Answers (I know it's two words, but if works)
2006-07-12 17:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"prolixity" and "logorrhea" (or more crudely, "diarrh-- of the mouth") are good, but also refer more to being wordy than being pretentious. "pedantry" is good too--it refers more to being pretentious than to being wordy per se, but it implies a kind of pseudo-intellectualism that usually goes with using big words, and lots of them.
2006-07-13 00:43:39 · answer #2 · answered by mikelaoshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overflated self-importance, with a bad case of ignoritis.
There is no cure for this horrible disease.
Accepting donations for research.
2006-07-13 00:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by CraZyCaT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nominalization, turning verbs into nouns, is often used to make the user seem more important or well refined than they are:
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Handouts/nominalization.html
2006-07-13 00:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by rickthewonderalgae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Victorian prose, flowery language.
2006-07-13 00:10:47 · answer #5 · answered by white_raven_wing 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something like: pomposity or grandiloquence.
2006-07-13 00:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by nothing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bloviation comes to mind. but, i'm not positive, so do check it out.
2006-07-13 00:03:15 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being a douchbag
2006-07-13 00:17:36 · answer #8 · answered by Adrian B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verbose, prolix, discursive
2006-07-13 00:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by delta8888 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verbose
2006-07-13 00:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by Goldie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋