thanks etaoin!

That was kinda what I figgered.....Maybe using the longer sentence is like using a $5 word where a 50-cent one would do? or like inserting an extra syllable into a word (shame on me, I saw the word for this practice in AWAD and I've forgotten it! fifty lashes with a wet noodle for me) or making up a word completely that never previously existed, such as "expiration" instead of "expiry" in front of the word "date" or (o horrendous world!) asking someone what his "busyness quotient" is.

or maybe it's just a silly something that doesn't make any sense when you stop and think about it....