Perissology (noun)
per-is-ol-o-jee
The use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning.
From Greek “perris” redundant, ology
Example sentences
“She was prone to bouts of perrisology where she’d be overly verbose.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
