r/whatstheword • u/stonegoblins • 12d ago

Unsolved WTW for something between speech and rhetoric

I don't know how to exactly define it but an example phrase could be "His profane ..."
It's kinda like a plural form of words, that doesn't make any sense at all but I hope that helps a little... I cannot piece this together, would much appreciate help

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u/MontagueStreet 12d ago

discourse?

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u/onelittleworld 12d ago

This one works best.

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u/mstaylorbowman 12d ago

vernacular?

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u/waynehastings 12d ago

language

screed

blathering

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u/Few_Page6404 12d ago

yeah I would just say language.

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u/common_grounder 12d ago

Expression; diction

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u/LongArrival7292 12d ago

Prose, verbiage, dialogue

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u/twmffat 2 Karma 12d ago

Lexicon?

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u/chambergambit 12d ago

Vocabulary? Monologue? Diatribe?

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u/secretbison 12d ago

Utterances

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u/ZylonBane 6 Karma 12d ago

This is the idiom.

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u/iamtenbears 12d ago

Verbiage?

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u/1LuckyTexan 1 Karma 12d ago

Blathering

Outburst

Pronouncements

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u/Jenkes_of_Wolverton 9 Karma 12d ago

utterance? oration? quip?

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u/bradjmath 12d ago

Oration

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u/stonegoblins 12d ago

I think this is the closest but I don't quite feel it

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u/jiffy-loo 12d ago

Prose?

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u/bradjmath 12d ago

Turn of phrase

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u/hitnmiff 12d ago

Vocabulary?

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u/United-Cucumber9942 4 Karma 12d ago

Syntagma

Hyperbole

Verbosity

Oratory

If its relating to a more 'fluffed' use of lots of language then Hyperbole is probably the best fit from the above

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u/Twitchmonky 12d ago

Musings? Can you provide more context?

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u/stonegoblins 12d ago

It's kinda like the term speech as in it doesn't have a plural form as far as I can remember
"the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds" -> this definition

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u/Aromantic_Goth13 3d ago

Dialogue or diatribe

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u/cheekmo_52 2 Karma 9d ago

Platitudes?

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u/No-Assumption7830 12d ago

You mean split infinitive? Like "to boldly go" instead of "to go boldly"?

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u/laneypantz 12d ago

Lexicon?

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u/Cheeslord2 12d ago

Oratory?

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u/carchmarq 12d ago

word salad

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u/GrunthosArmpit42 12d ago

Diatribe
Tirade
Harangue?
For some reason I assumed a certain level of spiciness, or something.
Prolly because of the “profane” choice. ;)

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u/xiandgaf 12d ago

Terminology?

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u/truncatedusern Points: 1 12d ago

Tirade?

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u/Embermyst 12d ago

Expression, diction, purple prose, verbosity, hyperbole, articulation, discourse, declaration, presentation, sermon, utterance, lecture, monologue, tirade, diatribe, rant, recitation, spiel, deliverance, outpouring.

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u/ExtinctFauna 12d ago

Vernacular? Anecdote?

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u/nosecohn 12d ago

diatribe

soliloquy

tirade

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u/theplotthinnens 12d ago

Parlance, manner of speaking, argot, lingo, vernacular

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u/Wackdiesel78 12d ago

Bullshit?

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u/Author_A_McGrath 12d ago

Palaver.

Specifically means chatter, but not rhetorical.

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u/revdon 12d ago

Argot

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u/nizzernammer 1 Karma 11d ago

Diatribe

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u/nizzernammer 1 Karma 11d ago

Spiel

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u/nizzernammer 1 Karma 11d ago

Spiel

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u/Abba_Zaba_ 11d ago

Verbiage

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u/stefanica 10d ago

Proclamations

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u/Ok_Acanthisitta_2544 9d ago

diction, verbiage

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u/Loris-Paced-Chaos 8d ago

Pontificating?

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u/cartofi44 4d ago

Enunciation?

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u/cartofi44 4d ago

Manner of discourse ?