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Re:Craniopagus Twins Share a Brain and See Out of Each Other... by trentmb on Sunday November 05, 2017 @10:42AM (#15629863)
Turgid prose
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Re:Craniopagus Twins Share a Brain and See Out of Each Other... by andygcook on Sunday November 05, 2017 @10:51AM (#15629906)
Great word.

Saving the next person who also didn’t know what turgid meant a Google search:

Turgid (adjective) - swollen and distended or congested - (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic

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Re:Craniopagus Twins Share a Brain and See Out of Each Other... by StavrosK on Sunday November 05, 2017 @11:25AM (#15630078)
"Purple prose" is also a commonly cited related concept.
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