Posted on 05/30/2013 4:17:29 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
battology \buh-TOL-uh-jee\ , noun
wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Example sentences:
They weren't political or surrealist, they weren't witty or comic. They were only the monotonous evidence of a civic battology.
-- George Friel, Mr Alfred M.A., 1972
I kept volleying this along the walls of my skull, aspiring by battology to battle.
-- Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, 1994
Etymology:
Battology entered English in the late 1500s from the Greek word battologia meaning "speaking stammeringly" from battos meaning "stammerer" and -logia meaning "one who speaks (in a certain manner)."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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