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• MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous… — Ambrose Bierce
• The devil take these people and their language! They take a dozen monosyllabic words in their jaws, chew them, crunch them and… — Heinrich Heine
• My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have… — Boris Johnson
• Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”? — Steven Wright
• RJD was pretty much heavy metal personified, a tiny 5-foot-4-inch sorcerer with a mangy mane, demonic eyes and sly grin, all coupled… — Mark Morford
• Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didn’t expect that. “That’s it? That’s your witty comeback?” “Yep.” Eloquence ’R’… — Ilona Andrews
• Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way. — Ilona Andrews
• We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made… — Jonathan Stroud

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