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Part of Speech: ... excessive in language ... Search another word or see circumlocution on Dictionary...
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thesaurus.reference.com/browse/circumlocution
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And, I suppose, since it, everything, is all removed from reality (and lets not get the Velveteen Rabbit involved, that quote is uncannily ever present), it simply fades back again, murky and dark, flickering into something else entirely. ...
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Circumlocution - Pronoun game, Heck, Rug making, Baker's dozen, Periphrasis - VisWiki ... Circumlocution in figures of speech ... The main article content on this page (titled: "Circumlocution") was retrieved on the fly from Wikipedia (i.e., your page access date equals the data retrieval date).
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www.viswiki.com/en/Circumlocution
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A Compendium of Unabridged Excuses: ... Do you recognize these sayings in verbal attire not so well known? See how many you can restate in more common language. ... Exercises in Circumlocution...
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benturner.com/other/circumlocution.php
benturner.com/other/circumlocution.php
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Learn more about circumlocution with a free trial on Britannica.com ... Use circumlocution in a Sentence ... See web results for circumlocution...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/circumlocution
dictionary.reference.com/browse/circumlocution
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(Law) Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation. ... Something that is exchangeable or substitutable. Usually used in the plural. ... People think this tax is for Social Security. But tax monies are really fungible. They get raided all the time.
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dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2008/10/0...
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The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of the Circumlocution Office.
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en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
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This is the original context for terminological inexactitude, used simply literally, whereas later the term took on the sense of a euphemism or circumlocution for a lie. As quoted in Sayings of the Century (1984) by Nigel Rees. ... On playing golf : as cited in The quote verifier: who said what, where, and when (2006),
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en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
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19 January 2009... 8 quotes by Genevieve Cortese. Recent quotes. View the latest Genevieve Cortese quotations... ... View Quote ... I love Kris`s simplicity when getting her point across. I use circumlocution too often and instead of getting my point across I tend to babble.
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