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shashi tharoor 

Shashi Tharoor is a scale used to measure the vocabulary of a person.
"How much Shashi Tharoor english do you speak?"
-"I dunno man, prolly -20 Shashi Tharoor"
-"damn bro, I can enunciate -3 Shashi Tharoor leastways"

shashi tharoor 

A fomo who can't stop himself from reaching out for diction help/ dictionary every time before he speaks or writes and then feels proud of his imbecilic and off-putting vocab to ensure that he remains relevant for someone.
Shashi: Thou're all hitherto au courant of my unrivalled propensity to freakishly employ locution to demonstrate merit and my significance in your lives.

Ron: What did he just say and mean?

Me: Ignore Ron, it's irrelevant. He is a Shashi Tharoor!
shashi tharoor by Lingopert January 9, 2022
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