[Mrs. Don-o]

I used to have a black friend who was a felon at Missouri State Pen. Long story short, he could be funny, incisive, brilliantly accessible when his subject was his own family, his coming of age. But when he wanted to write something serious (he was quite political) he churned out huge, malformed sentences stuffed with sesquipedalian bafflegab. It was unintentional self-parody. He couldn't understand why people wouldn't take it seriously.

These are a journeyman's errors. If Keshawn sticks with it, he will prosper. He needs to live longer, work different kinds of jobs, meet more people, talk, listen, live: then write.

[jayrunner]

“babblegab” is my new word for today!

[Nifster]

Thank you for teaching me that there is a wonderful sounding word meaning long polysyllabic word.....Never knew that before.

I feel sorry for this young man because the race hustlers have set him up for failure. If LAUSD actually did something other than protect union members and explain why tests and learning are bad, it might have been different. Unfortunately, this young man is the poster boy for the so called success of the LAUSD. After all this is not simply the shock of getting to college and finding out that you aren’t the smartest in the class. This is a matter of finding out that they taught you nothing and you are soooooo screwed

[lee martell]

“Sesquipedalian bafflegab” Ahem, anybody see my dictionary? Not that I need it!

[FreedomPoster]

“sesquipedalian bafflegab”

I love that. That’s a keeper.

There’s a great Keenan Ivory Wayans sketch from the much missed show In Living Color that parodies the tendency towards the above. It wouldn’t be so funny if it wasn’t taking aim at a reasonably common occurrence.

In Living Color Oswald Bates Meets the Parole Board Season 2 Episode 15
http://youtu.be/TexL-eyZHzo