Lexiphanicism
pretentious or bombastic use of long or obscure words or phrases
Lexiphanicism is the pretentious or bombastic use of long or obscure words or phrases.
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Quotes
edit- I may be incurably lexiphanic—but lexiphanicism for its own sake is not my style.
- U.S. Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, Bashman, Howard (March 8, 2004). How Appealing's 20 questions. How Appealing. Retrieved on December 6, 2016.