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OP Has anyone noticed a trend toward massive, cumbersome multi-word modifiers in the written word? I'm thinking of constructions like:
"We can't continue this I-have-to-spend-my-paycheck-as-soon-as-I-get-it mentality." (I made this one up, but you get the idea.)
Sometimes I find it to be a clever way to communicate; other times I lose track of the sentence. (What was the subject again?)
Any wisdom out there? Egregious examples? gs
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