swallow the dictionary

verb

Definitions

  1. To speak using long or obscure words.

    • I swear, I don't know where you get all this swallowing the dictionary business!” - He himself never read anything but the ticker and the sporting news.
    • “You swallowed the dictionary?” said Mrs. Black, with an ingratiating smile.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swallow the dictionary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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