Lexiphanic Words

The use of pretentious terminology to befuddle the ordinary.

Draconian: When your boss forces you into a suit even though you spend all day in a cubicle.

If your employer forces your to follow all sorts of unreasonable rules, then perhaps he or she is Draconian. Draco (not to be confused with the Rowling character) was the name of a seventh century B.C. Athenian legislator. He created a written code of law so severe, we remember him to this day. Minor offenses were punishable by death, and failure to pay one’s debts resulted in slavery (much like your life in that cubicle).

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