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I hesitate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude 

I don't know. Literally. It means, I don't know.
Professor: Michael, what is the atomic weight of Uranium?
Michael: I hestiate to articulate for fear that I may deviate from the true course of rectitude.
Professor: What?
Michael: I don't know.
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anticulture 

A term in sociology meaning a culture that is opposed to another. While counterculture only describes cultures opposed to the mainstream, anticulture can be used to describe any cultures oppositional to each other.
A culture that values piety is an anticulture to those that do not.
anticulture by Anticulture August 5, 2019

Articulated Truck

4 in the front, 16 in the back. Fingers and toes, and knees if you get that far.
"Where's Rebecca?"

"She's in the hospital, I gave her an articulated truck last night"
Articulated Truck by Chiparoo October 9, 2011

Articulate 

Able to convert one's thoughts and emotions into words. Those who are articulate can use large, 'higher-level' words in their sentences without making a conscious effort to do so.
Just because somebody types without proper grammar doesn't make them inarticulate; after all, why does it matter whether or not you waste your time trying to add proper punctuation.
Articulate by Diggity Monkeez January 13, 2005

Articulatarian

1. An articulate person who provides a service to those requiring literary works with substantial many-syllabic words.

2. A follower of others who possess superior skills in writing with clarity, however not necessarily brevity.
The late 20th century in Australia saw the rise and fall of an Australian politician named Paul Keating who could be considered an Articulatarian. He was famous for his articulate denegration of many opponents, frequently delivering obscure and previously unknown insults within and outside the Parliament.
Articulatarian by Trecane November 1, 2013

articulation mechanics 

The process of selecting the words which will best express one's thoughts and/or emotions, ordering and reordering those words in one's head, writing them down.
Unable to, as usual, easily put an idea she 'felt' into words, Serenata applied 'articulation mechanics' by selecting the words that best expressed her idea, ordering and reordering them in her head, and writing them in a notebook. She called that mental and physical process articulation mechanics.
articulation mechanics by but for December 25, 2017

Premature Articulation 

When someone interrupts you while you are talking but what they have to say has nothing to do with what you were talking about. Someone who talks out of turn.
ME: My boss fired me the other day because I kept interrupting him when he was trying to tell me what to do.

YOU: Sounds like you suffer from Premature Articulation.
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