And ugly acronyms
Also note the general preference for ever more syllables As cultures grow stagnant & backward-looking, rehearsing (or lamenting) past literary / historical moments, idiom ossifies. There is a preference for elaborate grammatical constructions, for the longest possible words.https://twitter.com/toad_spotted/status/1395759838567731201 …
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Ultimate expression of cancerous managerialism
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The syllables is how you know this is a middle-class phenomenon.
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really good point.
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lmfao
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Be funny if all these things were invented just to reach word limits for academic essays.
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Reminds me of a George Carlin bit. shellshock
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It also takes a lot of cultural and intellectual confidence to write simply and directly, which none of these people have.
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