Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Elliteration

Elliteration: noun. The process of adding letters to a word, which aren't necessarily required in the word, but add a sense of sophistication and aloofness. The French are particular experts at this, having multiple occasions of elliteration in a single word, going so far as to found the International Institute for the Management of the Implementation of Elliteration (IIMIE) in Nice. One must be very careful with elliteration, because if it isn't done with skill, it will not appear as sophisticated but rather obnoxious.

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