Circumlocution
<sir-kom-low-qew-shun>
redundancy; verbage; wordiness;
saying many words to confuse the listener on purpose.
The boy used circumlocution to confuse his teacher.
Memory trick:
We get out of a circumstance with locomotion.
At work:
I used circumlocution because I did not remember my notes.
(c) 2015 E. Carruthers
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