Difference between revisions of "Roget's Disease"
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A term attributed to [[John W. Campbell]], '''Roget’s Disease''' is the ludicrous overuse of far-fetched adjectives, piled into a festering, odorous, tenebrous, ichorous, leprous, synonymic heap. It applies to both [[pro]] and [[fan]] [[writing]]. | A term attributed to [[John W. Campbell]], '''Roget’s Disease''' is the ludicrous overuse of far-fetched adjectives, piled into a festering, odorous, tenebrous, ichorous, leprous, synonymic heap. It applies to both [[pro]] and [[fan]] [[writing]]. | ||
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| + | [[Said-Bookism]] is one strain of the syndrome. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 25 November 2020
A term attributed to John W. Campbell, Roget’s Disease is the ludicrous overuse of far-fetched adjectives, piled into a festering, odorous, tenebrous, ichorous, leprous, synonymic heap. It applies to both pro and fan writing.
Said-Bookism is one strain of the syndrome.
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