Oh Good God - I’m busted ! Caught in the very act of being caught By those poets who catch people guilty Of doing the same kind of wasteful Thing as I am now being caught for Brazenly and boldly doing. Sheesh!
But sometimes the ideas hide, And they have to be pried out one word at a time.
That’s my story, And I’m stickin’ to it. ljm
Merriam Webster says: CIRCUMLOCUTION is a noun and pronounced ser-***-loh-KYOO-shun Definition #1 The use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech. I rest my case.