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Johnsonese
JOHNSONES

Definitions:

i. The language of Dr.Samuel Johnson, marked by balance locutions and full of words of Latin derivation.

ii. A literary style characterized by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary; so called from the style of writing practiced by Samuel Johnson.
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* All five elements should be in.


1. Purposeful and necessary, even if only for 'creator'. YES.

2. Situation or audience considered as appropriate or suitable.

3. Disfigures and/or disfiguring for an 'uninitiated'. WHY? OFF? HOT!

4. Incomprehensible for novices or first-time hearer or reader.

5. Advantageous, that is, achieves objective(s) hoped. WOW.
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See perfect STYLE (5).

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