FOG Index.
There are two generally recognized FOG indices.
FOG1 is defined as the number of syllables divided by the number of words. Because of the large number of Anglo-Saxon monosyllables in English, a FOG1 index greater than 2 is thick. Scientists have high FOG1 indices, since the scientific style is designed to stuff as much crap into as few words as possible and there is a penchant for all those Latinized (and Greekized) words.
FOG2 is defined as the number of words divided by the number of significant thoughts in the verbage. Scientists have very low FOG2 indices because of the aforementioned scientific style. However, Deans and University Presidents have very high FOG2 indices. The FOG2 indices of politicians is undefined since dividing by zero is not allowed.
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