tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post9069631151065063718..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Ten reasons why conservatives should approve of Russell Brand spouting ludicrous piffle in publicScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-29015582216589418652014-10-17T15:45:40.748+01:002014-10-17T15:45:40.748+01:00I agree entirely - lexiphanicism invariably leaves...I agree entirely - lexiphanicism invariably leaves me pandiculating.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-15459662826803105732014-10-16T17:16:51.856+01:002014-10-16T17:16:51.856+01:00"3. Brand reminds the rest of us just how vig..."3. Brand reminds the rest of us just how vigorously using long words you don't understand the meaning of is to be avoided if you don't want to sound like a CAUC."<br />This is true. It just takes one or two slips by a writer, for example, and your confidence in him starts eroding. Sports journalist fall into this category increasingly - and I am not even thinking about that clown Simon Barnes. And it is just any word - it doesnt have to be particularly long. Currently, the two major misused words seem to be "fulsome" and "jejune".<br />There is also a class of person who constantly uses very long words and non-English words and phrases rather liberally which they understand perfectly, but which their interlocuter possibly does not. They also deserve the CAUC title because they are using the language not to inform or entertain but to show off. They include, amongst many others, Will Self, Frederic Raphael, Stephen Fry and Boris Johnson. A more accurate term for the former is "sesquipedalians". Strictly to be avoided. The latter you can tell a mile off. They are generally sporting unacceptable smirks and like to get unbearably close to your face if you meet them in the flesh. <br />SDGnoreply@blogger.com