<div dir="ltr"><div>My apologies for deploying this neologism (probably more like a bastardization) -- esp. on a list with some for whom English is already a second (and challenging language). Here's "orotundity": <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orotundity" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orotundity</a> -- the legitimate sibling of my "orotunditude." My own definition would be something like this: "sonorous sanctimony: like a Pope" -- or better yet: "speechifying"...</div>
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<div>One of my best friends worked for years to coach Al Gore out of his valedictory, declamatory speechifying ... without success. Although BHO is a bit different -- and likely better/more effective, in some ways -- phrases like "This is our time, and the time is now" scare people who believe (as do I) that leadership requires far more than being smart. To use an old Heartland phrase: "He's forgot his 'raisin" -- which means that BHO looks like he wants to be considered (and listened to) like a Kennedy, an ML King, a Gandhi -- when he's mostly Barry.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Jon Harvey <<a href="mailto:only.connect@virgin.net" target="_blank">only.connect@virgin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Is it just me – but what does <b>orotunditude</b> mean? (It only appears in one place in google – and that does not define it!</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks!</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Jon</span></p>
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> OSLIST [mailto:<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Rapp<br>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">His words are fine -- but his orotunditude will keep costing him heartland votes. Thank God for GWB: the only man who could elect BHO.</p></div></div></div>* * ========================================================== <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU" target="_blank">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a> ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of <a href="mailto:oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu" target="_blank">oslist@listserv.boisestate.edu</a>: <a href="http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html" target="_blank">http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist" target="_blank">http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a> </blockquote>
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