Word: polysyllabicism
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No more. Now Sheindlin, 55, is a one-woman justice machine. She says, "I may be wrong, but you're not going to misconstrue what I said. Why do I have to use polysyllabic explanations when a single syllable will do it--'No,' 'Wrong'? If I have to use two...
Despite the University's protestations, the naming of buildings is at its heart a money matter. If the Loebs had been faster on the draw with their checkbook, perhaps the polysyllabic "Pforzheimer" would have been passed over in favor of the simple and solid monosyllable "Loeb."
Admittedly, it's nice to see a polysyllabic comic whose topic is politics rather than the mundane, but his brand of political humor borders on frightening. Sahl's staying power can be attributed to the fact that he remains neutral on political issues. Perhaps it's to a comic's...
You see, the problem is not that women have trouble speaking monosyllabic or polysyllabic words, but that a victim only has cause to speak if she is aware that a crime is being perpetrated against her.
William F. Buckley Jr. does more with his 24-hour day than most of us. He edits the conservative National Review, writes a syndicated column, lectures widely, composes spy novels and stars as a TV Torquemada on his inquisitorial talk show Firing Line. When he is not administering polysyllabic lashings...