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Occasionally such characters may drop the long words if things get particularly dire, to emphasize just how bad things are (in the same way as a [[Sarcasm Failure]]). Alternatively, they may get even ''more'' wordy as they get more emotional, leading to increasingly detailed but ultimately incoherent ranting that falls too easily into [[Wangst]]. Frequently another character will respond with something like "Wouldn't it be easier to just [whatever the brainy person said, in layman's terms]?" or "And [layman's terms version], too!"

 

 

One of the symptoms of [[Spock Speak]]. Usually also a [[Motor Mouth]]. Often takes advantage of the fact that [[Talking Is a Free Action]]. See also [[Techno Babble]], [[Expospeak Gag]], [[Antiquated Linguistics]], [[Sophisticated As Hell]], and [[Department of Redundancy Department]]. If someone tries for this and can't get the words right, they're perpetrating [[Delusions of Eloquence]]. If the ''author'' commits this, see [[Purple Prose]]. The word [[Antidisestablishmentarianism]] is almost guaranteed to show up as well.

'''Basil''': Are you all right? }}

** In "Communication Problems", Polly gets rid of the pushy, selectively deaf Mrs. Richards by asking Manuel to "lend her your assistance in connection with her reservation", knowing that Manuel won't understand.

{{quote| '''The Doctor:''' Fortuitous would be a more apposite epithet!<br />

'''Peri:''' Or, as we humans say, "Lucky would be a better word." }}

== Internet-originated non-sequential graphic media (Web Original) ==

* [[Wikipedia]] can be said as being infamous for this:

** Here's what Wikipedia has to say about [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tetrodotoxin&oldid=441947764#Symptoms_and_treatment the effects of tetrodotoxin], the poison found in pufferfish:

{{quote| "Paresthesias<ref>"pins and needles" type sensation; this is about the most justifiable of the lot, given the awkwardness of using the more common description</ref> of the lips and tongue are followed by sialorrhea<ref>drooling</ref>, sweating, headache, weakness, lethargy, ataxia<ref>incoordination</ref>, incoordination<ref>Yes, they used this one twice. See what happens when you use words nobody without a medical degree understands?</ref>, tremor, paralysis, cyanosis<ref>bluish skin</ref>, aphonia<ref>inability to speak</ref>, dysphagia<ref>difficulty swallowing</ref>, seizures, dyspnea<ref>shortness of breath</ref>, bronchorrhea<ref>excessive phlegm</ref>, bronchospasm<ref> sudden constriction of the airways</ref>, respiratory failure, coma, and hypotension<ref>low blood pressure</ref>."}}

:::This is pretty typical for articles dealing with the symptoms of various toxins. At least they're (usually) courteous enough to [[Pothole]] the more arcane words so you can just click them and say to yourself "oh, is that all that means?"

Look up Eubonics, I mean African American Vernacular English on wikipedia, without grinning, its tougher than it sounds.

* The [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joseph-ducreux-archaic-rap Joseph Ducreux] meme is pretty much this trope [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|on drugs.]] It takes popular sayings or lyrics and changes every word, even modifying the grammar used, to an upper-class Victorian manner of speech. This ends up being the result.

{{quote| '''Sideshow Bob:''' No, I don't like that 'bowel' in there. Gut him! ''Ah, le mot juste''.}}

* One episode of ''[[Word Girl (Animation)|Word Girl]]'' involves a villain using [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to cause random people to use large words in order to sell dictionaries.

* Perceptor, of ''[[The Transformers (Animation)|The Transformers]]''. It's particularly bad when your fellow robots, all of whom would likely have the whole of a given language in their databanks, ask you to say something "in [language], please". It probably doesn't help that he has a habit of going into details WHILE using complex words, to the point where Optimus tires of it in seconds.

** Grimlock also does it when he get smart in the episode "Grimlock's New Brain".

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