Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
The word is the very embodiment of pompous Victorian over-elaboration. Six syllables where one will do! Exactly the kind of thing George Orwell railed against correctly observing that powerful writing is characterised by forthrightness and simplicity.

I bet Monty, a published author no less, would agree with me.
Monty knows only words of one syllable. "Oy ve you potts" is about as poetical as he waxes.