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polysyllabic? - ...and sesquipedalian
A fortuitous juxtaposition of words, wofa.
In my essay-writing classes, I warn my students against polsyllabic sesquipedalianism (and privately judge who is who among the class by seeing who laughs and who looks blank!)
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If you can't laugh at yourself, what can you...?
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