Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bombastic; turgid; inflated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Using
bombastic orpretentious wording or language.
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Examples
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Via lexiphanic, a meme where you set your playlist on randomize, list a lyric from the first 25 songs that come up (without cheating) and invite people to guess the song.
She's away and westward bound. lexiphanic 2007
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Try it, and put your lexiphanic tendencies to good use for once.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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I mean, if I know little about who I am how can my beloved readers connect to my lexiphanic narcissism?
The Commentator 2009
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El hero of sparta es un juegazo para el ipod touch por .99 usd lexiphanic @Crispotron i've been eyeing off hero of sparta.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Jeffrey Mcmurray 2009
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A third reason for waxing lexiphanic is to soften one's scurrility -- to abstract it so that one's audience does not immediately visualize an unpleasant image.
simonw11 commented on the word lexiphanic
Using bombastic or pretentious language.
January 8, 2007
kenspeckle commented on the word lexiphanic
here
January 14, 2007