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To: 2ndDivisionVet

ses·qui·pe·da·li·an. [ˌseskwəpəˈdālyən] ADJECTIVE (of a word) polysyllabic; long: "sesquipedalian surnames" •characterized by long words; long-winded: "the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"

3 posted on 10/18/2017 10:03:19 AM PDT by LuigiBonnafini

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To: LuigiBonnafini

>>ses·qui·pe·da·li·an. [ˌseskwəpəˈdālyən] ADJECTIVE (of a word) polysyllabic; long: "sesquipedalian surnames" •characterized by long words; long-winded: "the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"<< So by definition, using that word makes you one. Self-authoring irony. You gotta love it.

6 posted on 10/18/2017 10:19:15 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (ALL records destroyed/faked, books rewritten, statues renamed, dates altered and more.../1984)

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To: LuigiBonnafini

Or, “the sesquipedalian prose of op-eds that use the word “sesquipedalian”.

10 posted on 10/18/2017 10:30:55 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy

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