The excessive use of idioms, capitalization, and
punctuation intended soley for the purpose of hearing
one's own voice and/or admiring
one's own literary proficiency.
Boothism In conversation: "At any rate, the long and the
short of it is that we just have to figure out how this happens."
Boothism In writing: " The long and the
short if it is that I have no update yet (just arrived and checked). Do you have an update from TODAY (ie., Friday in Greece) AFTER she had the
day to re-examine, determine problem (i.e. issue and availability), etc?