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Awesome words and phrases to randomly start using!

  • Hectoring.
  • Chad (noun, plural also chad, as in "a pile of chad" - how interesting)
  • Parataxic Distortion
  • Paraprosdokian - a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or re-interpret the first part. "Examples"
  • A Shermanesque Statement
  • Mendacious/Mendacity - lying
  • Extrapolate
  • Fratricidal/Fratricide - act of killing a brother
  • Beffudlement
  • Vexatious - intended to harass or be unnecessarily annoying
  • Epexegetically - adding words for clarification within a text (epexegesis)
  • Pollyanna - describes the tendency for people to agree with positive statements describing themselves.
  • Myopic - short sightedness
  • Hegemony - is the political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups. It requires the consent of the majority to keep the dominant group in power.
  • Voracious
  • Recalcitrant - obstinate attitude toward authority
  • Elide - to merge, or omit
  • Lede - the opening of an article, first line or couple of lines
  • Kicker - the last line of an article

"A good lede invites you to the party and a good kicker makes you wish you could stay longer"

  • Bellicose - aggression and willingness to fight
  • Brethren
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