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Linguistically Compromised

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By Harper Lewis Published 16 days ago • 1 min read
Top Story - October 2026
Linguistically Compromised
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Thrombosis. Assimilation. Defibrillator.

Antidisestablishmentarianism

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Loquacious verisimilitude.

Hackneyed habitualism.

Sibilant soliloquies

sequestered shame,

radioactive resilience

Lexicons of vocabulary.

Everything

except

reason.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!

Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis