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** Would you believe he occasionally used this for [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan snarking]]? From ''[[The Dunwich Horror]]'': "But then, the homes and sheds of Dunwich's folk have never been remarkable for olfactory immaculateness."
* Continuing in the Lovecraft theme in ''[[The Laundry Series|The Laundry]]'', Charles Stross would often pay tribute to Lovecraft by jokingly describing eldritch-related things as "squamous and rugose". Of course, as his works take the [[Viewers Are Geniuses]] route, his own characters occasionally dip into this trope as well.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100722024012/http://www.wetanz.com/holics/raygun-directory.php Doctor Grordbort's Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory]'' is a stimulating compendium of [[Cool but Inefficient|destructive devices]] for all enthusiasts of the genre known as "[[Steampunk|steam-punk]]", plus those gentlemen of leisure who feel that their masculinity would be grossly enhanced by the acquisition of an [[The BFG|Exterminator of Prodigious Dimensions]].
* Marmaduke Scarlet from ''The Little White Horse'' speaks like this. He's a guy who works in a kitchen.
* Pretty much anything written by [[Stephen Donaldson]] tends to veer into this trope at times; particularly the Thomas Covenant books, where he also has a tendency to utilize archaic or obscure definitions for many commonly used terms.
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* In the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series more than any other incarnation, Donatello is guilty of this. He frequently geeks out about future technology or the chemical properties of things he runs across, and [[Techno Babble]] ensues. One of the others (usually Michelangelo, but occasionally Raphael) [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledges this]], and usually asks him to repeat himself in English this time. Though sometimes the writers sacrifice snappier dialogue to remind us that he's the smart one:
{{quote|'''Donatello:''' If we take the south conduit, it'll ''intersect'' with the old drainage tunnel!}}
* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "[
{{quote|'''The Mayor:''' There is a stealing of sorts happening at the place where money is given and taken, that is to say deposited and withdrawn -- and sometimes redistributed and loaned. But currently the taker is taking that which is not his, thus performing an act of illegality, which could result in incarceration within the confines of a penal facility, that is to say prison, jail, hoosegow, et cetera.}}
* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Fireside Girl Gretchen ([[Meganekko|the one who wears glasses]]) earns her "Saying a Word No One Else in the Room Knows" accomplishment patch by actually saying the world "sesquipedalian".
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