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Word of the Day for Wednesday, October 8, 2008circumlocution \sir-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun: The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language. Dickens gave us the classic picture of official heartlessness: the government Circumlocution Office, burial ground of hope in "Little Dorrit." In a delightful circumlocution, the Fed chairman said that "investors are probably revisiting expectations of domestic earnings growth". Courtesies and circumlocutions are out of place, where the morals, health, lives of thousands are at stake. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Circumlocution comes from Latin circumlocutio, circumlocution-, from circum, "around" + loquor, loqui, "to speak." | |||||||||
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