A-Z Challenge Day 12

Today's long forgotten word-related words are:-

legolept n. a person who is fascinated by words

loganamnosist n. someone who has an obsession with discovering long forgotten words 

logorrhoea n. excessive  flow of words, uncontrollable garrulity. 
lexiphanic adj. using a pretentious vocabulary or grandiose phraseology.

To call Maximilian a logolept would be something of an understatement. I often find his lexiphanic way of speaking incomprehensible. Why anyone would wish to dig up long forgotten words baffles me. He says that today’s ‘lazy-speak’ (my word, not his) is 'symptomatic of the gradational decline in the standard of articulated and scripted English'. I thought it was about time I said something about it.

“Max” I said. Big mistake!

“My name is Max-i-mil-ian” he enunciated (he once told me it was Latin for 'the greatest'. Yea, in your dreams chum!)

As I was saying, I pointed out to ‘Maximilian’ that words go out of fashion for a reason, just like some men’s names do. I bit my lip after I said the last bit but fortunately, he didn’t notice. I guess he was busily summoning up a long winded response to the first bit.

“Are you suggesting I am a loganamnosist?” he said.

“Maybe, but on the other hand maybe not” I answered, avoiding the admission I didn’t know what the hell he was on about. He then  developed a serious case of logorrhoea: it's like  diarrhoea, without the unpleasant side effects suffered by the subject and those nearby. Only kidding!

Anyway, I gave up. He will never change his ways, and Max without his archaic words just wouldn’t be Maximilian would he?

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