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Peroration means the concluding part of a speech, especially one that is long, rhetorical, and emphatic. It belongs to bureaucratic and academic absurdities and works best in satire, office complaints, and writing about systems that sound puffed up or overmanaged. It still feels usable today, especially when you want a word with more character than the plainest alternative.
Peroration means the concluding part of a speech, especially one that is long, rhetorical, and emphatic. It is usually pronounced , and today it is still readable to modern audiences, even if it sounds more deliberate than everyday speech.
In plain English, peroration refers to the concluding part of a speech, especially one that is long, rhetorical, and emphatic. It is most useful when a plain label would tell the truth but miss the tone, flavor, or comic edge.
Peroration feels absurd because it has more texture than the plain alternative, giving the idea an extra bit of theatrical, comic, or overbuilt energy.
Peroration is generally traced to origin uncertain. In modern use, the history matters less than the strong tone the word still carries.
Peroration is still used today, though it often turns up in more formal, literary, or analytical writing than in casual conversation.
Use peroration when you want a more vivid, characterful choice than the plain everyday alternative. It works especially well in satire, office complaints, and writing about systems that sound puffed up or overmanaged.
academese, addendum, adjournment, aforementioned, appendix
plain language, practical clarity, direct explanation
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