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In private, President Joe Biden reportedly uses highly descriptive and flowery language to describe Donald Trump.

From Salon

Writing for the character is a fun challenge, said Harris, because “when you think of Frasier Crane speaking, you think of flowery language.”

Pope’s flowery language and mythological references seem strained to 21st century ears, but his basic meaning is plain: “Come fill the South Sea goblet full,” he wrote.

"This flowery language of quote, unquote parental rights and freedom hides the sinister fact of this legislative text."

From Salon

He recounts the events of his life in poetic prose with flowery language, but it’s the recollections of police, survivors and his own mother that shed light on the monster at the heart of his ghoulish crime spree.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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