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circumlocution speaking in circles; roundabout speech digress to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about diffuse spread out, not concise; wordy derivative unoriginal; taken from something already existing contemptuous lacking respect; scornful concise using few words in speaking and writing conciliate to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods complacent self-satisfied; smug colloquial pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational cliché an idea or expression that has become stale due to overuse