ELTWeekly Issue #21, Word of the week: gadzookery
By Tarun Patel
gadzookery • \gad-ZOO-kuh-ree\ • noun
- British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
Example:
Bridget’s novel, set in colonial Virginia, features an engaging and cohesive plot, but the dialogue contains so much gadzookery that it doesn’t sound realistic.
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June 14th, 2009
ELTWeekly Issue #20, Word of the week: otiose
By Tarun Patel
otiose • \OH-shee-ohss\
- 1 : producing no useful result : futile
- 2 : being at leisure : idle
- 3 : lacking use or effect : functionless
Example Sentence:
“Half the streets are cobbled and half wide, empty, modern highways at whose pretentious crossings an occasional rickshaw waits for the otiose traffic lights to change to green.”
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