fancy talk
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
language that is complex or elaborate, sometimes seeming pretentious
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Examples (10)
- The politician's fancy talk confused the ordinary voters.
- Don't be fooled by his fancy talk - he's not really an expert.
- Her fancy talk at the conference impressed the academics.
- I prefer simple explanations to all that fancy talk.
- The lawyer's fancy talk made the contract sound more complex than it was.
- Stop the fancy talk and tell me what you really mean.
- His fancy talk about art history sounded pretentious to me.
- She used fancy talk to avoid giving a direct answer.
- The professor's fancy talk went over most students' heads.
- Despite all the fancy talk, the proposal was actually quite simple.