[Ads-l] Term for a figure of speech?

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:59 AM, ADSGarson O’Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> cited Merriam-Webster.com:

> The use of the actual word, however, is more the province of people who
> are interested in bizarre and obscure words.
>

More than what? Than it is the province of people who are _not_ interested
in bizarre and obscure words?




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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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