phrasemonger

[freyz-muhng-ger, -mong-]

phrase·mon·ger

[freyz-muhng-ger, -mong-]
noun
phrasemaker (def. 2).

Origin:
1805–15; phrase + monger

phrase·mon·ger·ing, noun
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Phrasemonger is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Main Entry:  phrasemonger
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person who seeks to impress by using stylized or formal phrases or quotations of others
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