the worthless word for the day is: tortiloquy

[fr. late or med.L. tortiloquium < tortus,
crooked + loqui, to speak]
obs. rare : crooked talk {Blount, 1656}

"[W]e should certainly rescue from the list of
defunct words the splendid "tortiloquy", meaning
"crooked speech", of which there is currently no
shortage."
- Guardian Unlimited, Sept. 1 2007

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