Cacozelia (Rhetorical vice)

ka-ko-zeel'-i-a

A stylistic affectation of diction, such as throwing in foreign words to appear learned. Del Boy uses this technique a lot!

Cacozelia also involves bad taste in words or selection of metaphor, either to make the facts appear worse or to disgust the auditors.

Example:

This is an adultery against the state, to have sex under the trophies of Miltiades. —Seneca

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