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Espositoism 

Espositoism - A godlessly circuitous obfuscation of an otherwise simple idea, concept, or series of words, designed, variously, to impress, densify, confuse, conflate, evade, intimidate, and/or otherwise manipulate the content in question or the appearance or trajectory of the discourse surrounding said content.
e.g.:

Standard language - "He shot her"

Espositoism - "Subject discharged his weapon, the projectile from which yielded significant trauma to the person of subject's presumptive target."

Used in context:

X: (straightforward question) What do you think?
Y: (bullshit evasive answer) Well, there are certain minimums with respect to the requisite forethought one needs invest before an appropriate response to your question can be given.
X: (aggravated response) I want you to take that Espositoism, shove it up your ass, and answer the question.
Espositoism by Expo779 October 20, 2010
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expository writing 

the process by which one reads about from many different sources, about twenty pages in length each, that have little to do with each other, analyze them and then combine them to find a uniform thesis; advanced bullshitting
oh man, expository writing at Rutgers blows!
these assignments in expository writing are completely ridiculous!
where am I going to use expository writing in real life? oh, right: NOWHERE!
expository writing by maelstr0m_X1 December 28, 2005

Exposing Culture 

The newly emerging culture in which you’re deemed cool and edgy. By ‘exposing a person or group of people/ect’ what this means is. Usually fake it involves mainly written word and shared over social media. It has recently included multiple fake sceeen shots which are somehow deemed reliable.
This exposing culture ruins lives but so long as you’re deemed cool who cares.

harry esposito

a long haired Italian who enjoys the simple things in life; is prone to leaving his possessions lying around other people's domains. Has problems walking in straight lines, especially after a long night at the Spot or Pledge House. Loves to be tickled.
yo, that kid is so Harry Esposito, he ate mad munchies in my room last night and left all the trash. Now he's out chillen, probably out getting tickled or something, or falling over.

expotition 

1) An expedition taken part in, or led by Winnie-the-Pooh.

2) A long journey to get to an adequate place to defecate.
1) "Christopher Robin went to the North Pole on an Expotition"
2) "Hey where's Bob?"

"Expotition."
"Ahhh, hope he finds the bathroom okay"
"He'll stop for directions."
expotition by Durkan October 13, 2015

exposition 

Dialogue that gives the audience the background of the characters and the present situation.

Writing or speech intended to convey information or to explain, an explanation.
Vegeta provided exposition about his home planet in a flashback.
exposition by kyle.biddle January 17, 2011

CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course

A waste of time curriculum provided to high schools in California provided by the CSU, meant to torture high school students taking honors and AP classes.

Consists of endless units, each based on one theme usually comprised of several articles. These articles are each accompanied by a 10-page thick list of "activities" that are the most repetitive shit in the world. They ask the same damn question ten times, phrased ten different ways, Sometimes, even more than that.

All meant to get college-bound students to begin analyzing nonfiction texts at a college level. But all it is is a waste of time. Most boring shit EVER.

It puts the "anal" in analysis.
From actual CSU Expository Reading and Writing Course packet:

Activity 12:

"What are two major assertions the author makes in this essay?"
"What does the author want us to believe?"
"What is the writer's purpose?"

Real life reactions from high school students:
Honors English 2 student" I hate this packet!
AP Language & Comp junior: I hate this packet!
AP Lang & Comp senior: I hate this packet! Guess what? IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.