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Originally Posted by stuartj
I need a word, I've been wracking my brain and I am not aware of a word to describe this:
To attempt to bestow legitimacy, gravitas or substance to a thing which is completely bereft of these properties by use of arcane or complicated language.
Is there such a word, if not can one be coined on Pelican?
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The word you're looking for is "sophistry". A sophist in Ancient Greece was someone who could argue falsely but persuasively.
Flatbutt beat me to it.
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