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单词 phrasemonger
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phrasemonger
phrasemonger n. depreciative a person given to excessive use or coining of grandiose or striking phrases.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pinsegreneur d'Amadis, a Phrasemonger..affecting speaker.
1790 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 3 311 How many times must every man have heard the title of Orator given to some wretched phrase-monger, whose skill consisted only in the frequent use of a gaudy word.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 122 If Robespierre had been a statesman instead of a phrase-monger, he had a clear course.
2003 Computing (Nexis) 29 May 30 The IT industry has suffered horribly at the hands of pretentious phrasemongers.
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