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Ten cent word

A multi-syllabic word such as egregious.
Came about during a time when many writers were paid by the word. The assumption being that the longer the word the more the word was worth.
"I hate pretentious writers that gild trite work with ten cent words."
by Manhattan comma Chase September 24, 2011
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