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schoolmasters 53 dislikeable 52 sneery 52 aphoristic 52 Shavian 52 silly 52 fatuous 52 wanky 52 digressive 52 sophistic 52 prig 52 literalism 52 fastidious 52 woolly minded 52 cynical 52 humourlessness 52 banal 52 punctilious 52 show offy 52 clichéd 52 self aggrandising 52 waspish 52 unclever 52 picayune 52 didacticism 52 maudlin 51 moany 51 humorlessness 51 crashingly 51 dogmatic 51 fey 51 lunkheaded 51 self parodic 51 solecisms 51 sensical 51 jejune 51 pseudo intellectual 51 discursive 51 moralizing 51 orotund 51 ungifted 51 witty asides 51 thinky 51 wearisome 51 unengaging 51 moralistic 51 literalistic 51 tautologies 51 prolixity 51 unenlightening 51 curmudgeonly 51 insufferably 51 unentertaining 50 supercilious 50 overly preachy 50 schoolboyish 50 triteness 50 journalese 50 dotty 50 expository 50 circumlocutions 50 Jesuitical 50 Pedantic 50 wordsmithing 50 metaphysical musings 50 sanctimonious 50 formulaic 50 sniffy 50 self indulgently 50 uncinematic 50 nitpicker 50 pompousness 50 ironist 50 pompous ass 50 daft 50 circumlocution 50 cloying 50 overly wordy 50 highfalutin 50 insufferably boring 50 shouty 50 fussy 50 sarcastic 50 prissily 50 hyperbolic 50 nitpicky 50 self referential 50 overbearingly 50 sesquipedalian 50 dispassionate 50 otiose 50 sophistical 50 gobbledy gook 50 literary pretensions 50 offputting 50 gnomic 50 Nabokovian 50 mind numbingly boring 50 effete 50 overly didactic 50 nitpicking 50 Seinfeld ian 50 mind numbingly dull 50 amusing 50 tautological 50 persnickety 49 passionless 49 recherché 49 empiricist 49 clod hopping 49 tin eared 49 crass 49 dopey 49 stultifyingly boring 49 self righteous 49 overdramatic 49 pretentiousness 49 le mot juste 49 eggheaded 49 Jamesian 49 dull witted 49 sarky 49 risible 49 hackneyed 49 schticky 49 twee 49 emotionally constipated 49 sardonic 49 recondite 49 grandiloquence 49 narrative coherence 49 stony hearted 49 polemics 49 nonsensical ramblings 49 punctiliousness 49 unacademic 49 scatty 49 artspeak 49 judgmental 49 lugubrious 49 esoteric 49 slapdash 49 winded 49 wonkery 49 psychologizing 49 dryly humorous 49 cliche ridden 49 cloyingly 49 admonitory 49 waffly 49 solipsistic 49 mawkishly 49 anal retentive 49 commonplaces 49 egotistical 49 self depricating 49 self deprecatory 49 belabored 49 inane 49 narky 49 fussbudget 49 hectoring 49 parodic 49 teacherly 49 captious 49 uninventive 49 thickheaded 49 impertinent 49 annoyingly 49 navel gazer 49 namby pamby 49 stagey 48 uninvolving 48 larky 48 maundering 48 pithiness 48 Latinate 48 simpleminded 48 dilettante 48 locutions 48 self aggrandizing 48 logicians 48 side splittingly funny 48 overemphatic 48 facetious 48 mawkish sentimentality 48 humerous 48 whiny 48 faux naif 48 off puttingly 48 poetic 48 annoyingly smug 48 expositional 48 curmudgeon 48 pithy 48 idiosyncratic 48 snobbish 48 clichd 48 bathetic 48 cliched 48 platitudinous 48 high falutin 48 vacuous 48 overly fussy 48 presumptious 48 politically correct 48 nonsensical 48 sketchily drawn 48 overly verbose 48 pithier 48 facetiousness 48 excruciatingly dull 48 dickish 48 refreshingly straightforward 48 neurotically 48 crabby 48 pomposity 48 versification 48 samey 48 uninteresting 48 crotchety 48 split infinitives 48 ham fisted 48 crabbed 48 faintly amusing 48 polysyllabic 48 grammarian 48 Anglocentric 48 pollyanna 48 mockable 48 ineloquent 48 muck raker 48 mot juste 48 dilettantism 48 conceited 48 eye rollingly 48 recriminatory 48 turgidly 48 infuriatingly 48 nuance 48 lady doth protest 48 bombastic 48 veers dangerously close 48 jargony 48 prose 48 eliding 48 formalistic 48 utterly charmless 48 cartoonishness 48 pompous self righteous 48 mildly irritating 48 epigrammatic 48 post structuralist 48 pettifogging 48 rote 48 pontifications 48 sarcasms 48 pompous arrogant 48 schoolmarmish 48 Self effacing 48 cutesiness 48 numbingly repetitive 48 didactically 48 scatter brained 48 irenic 48 prosaic 47 howlingly funny 47 hackwork 47 attitudinizing 47 archaisms 47 Overwrought 47 unimaginative 47 unscholarly 47 intellectualised 47 expostulation 47 irritating 47 self reflexive 47 donnish 47 self abasing 47 sermonising 47 Americanisms 47 gauche 47 hacky 47 wankery 47 readable prose 47 sheer perversity 47 splenetic 47 leaden 47 inelegant 47 crudities 47 soppy 47 insufferable 47 keenly observant 47 clunky exposition 47 self pitying 47 absent minded 47 grumbler 47 selfconscious 47 elide 47 philosophic 47 banally 47 churlish 47 unself 47 marble mouthed 47 Britishisms 47 moralist 47 wank 47 excursus 47 scatterbrain 47 unobjectionable 47 hifalutin 47 anodyne 47 rubbishy 47 mealy mouthed 47 irritatingly 47 esthete 47 pathetic fallacy 47 peevish 47 scrupulous 47 intertextual 47 uptight 47 inscrutable 47 intellectual snob 47 Ponderous 47 overlong 47 reductionist 47 formalists 47 descriptive passages 47 philosophizing 47 bitchily 47 clumsy 47 sentimentalizing 47 comical 47 edifying 47 Gradgrind 47 egoistical 47 boiled boilerplate 47 obsessive 47 unintentionally funny 47 technobabble 47 charmless 47 scansion 47 dreadfully boring 47 argumentative 47 unfun 47 knob gags 47 naval gazing 47 I'ma stickler 47 grumbly 47 joyless 47 disputatious 47 garbled syntax 47 mumbler 47 literal mindedness 47 vacuously 47 aperçu 47 hortatory 47 studiedly 47 articulacy 47 mumbly 47 ludic 47 whine moan 47 escapist fiction 47 exegetical 47 dislikable 47 inoffensiveness 47 Swiftian satire 47 unadventurous 47 daftness 47 insouciant 47 unquotable 47 lit crit 47 hagiographical 47 demented 47 dull monotone 47 metafiction 47 soporific 47 cranky 46 laceratingly 46 snappish 46 lachrymose 46 miserabilist 46 thoughful 46 digresses 46 irksome 46 nonsense 46 stilted 46 milquetoast 46 sophist 46 monotonous 46 shrill 46 fussily 46 arty farty 46 adverbs 46 flint hearted 46 pompus 46 arsey 46 naff 46 serial comma 46 infelicitous 46 profundity 46 sitcomish 46 misplaced modifiers 46 neurotic 46 techno babble 46 weasely 46 wickedly clever 46 officiousness 46 snide 46 unintellectual 46 deconstructionist 46 emotionally manipulative 46 chin stroking 46 riduculous 46 navel gazing 46 solecism 46 hairsplitting 46 wordier 46 judgmentalism 46 arrant nonsense 46 lugubriously 46 Hemingwayesque 46 screamingly funny 46 faintly absurd 46 harrumph 46 maladroit 46 lobotomised 46 unintelligently 46 self referentially 46 foppish 46 nit pickers 46 sneering condescension 46 overemotional 46 fuddle 46 uncreative 46 lexicography 46 obtusely 46 arrogant condescending 46 mealymouthed 46 school marmish 46 unbearably smug 46 pillock 46 condescends 46 Pretentious 46 cannier 46 unimprovable 46 egocentric 46 besetting sin 46 unintentionally humorous 46 split infinitive 46 crotchets 46 cavil 46 morally righteous 46 intellectually lazy 46 poncey 46 witty quip 46 descriptive prose 46 waspishly 46 subjunctive 46 persiflage 46 caviling 46 querulous 46 datedness 46 migraine inducing 46 sanctimoniousness 46 unspontaneous 46 sophmoric 46 meretricious 46 peevishness 46 philosophise 46 Alessandro Nicolo 46 jocular 46 utter lunacy 46 dunderheaded 46 sophomoric 46 drivelling 46 determinist 46 nerdish 46 drollness 46 incoherency 46 tactful 46 dullard 46 witlessness 46 rewatchable 46 politer 46 clunkiest 46 self flagellating 46 bean counting 46 bilious 46 fiddlesticks 46 parti pris 46 cack handed 46 politesse 46 cogitations 46 temperamentally unsuited 46 egghead 46 snideness 46 tetchy 46 histrionic 46 homiletic 46 intellectual snobbery 46 exegesis 46 bromidic 46 smug 46 repetitious 46 witty urbane 46 Godardian 46 self consciously 46 interrogative 46 snooze inducing 46 convoluted 46 piffle 46 wryly amusing 46 sounding preachy 46 simplistic 46 preachiness 46 incomprehensible jargon 46 annoying 46 rote repetition 46 comically absurd 46 hamfisted 46 handwaving 46 amusingly 46 artless 46 exasperatingly 46 digression 46 damnably 46 utter drivel 46 unreliable narrator 46 denotative 46 FR Leavis 46 literary allusions 46 logical fallacies 46 mimsy 46 Terry Eagleton 45 Puerile 45 cretinous 45 overly melodramatic 45 sappy 45 pointless 45 disdainful 45 Stilted 45 bathos 45 narrowminded 45 uninflected 45 maudlin sentimentality 45 postmodernist 45 mockney 45 phlegmatic 45 Dr Pangloss 45 unenjoyable 45 laconic 45 disobliging 45 dunderhead 45 grandiloquent 45 unmannerly 45 overcomplicated 45 intellectualism 45 self absorbed 45 editorialising 45 witless 45 Yiddishisms 45 unrevealing 45 syllogisms 45 lily livered 45 Sy Ableman 45 couth 45 smartass 45 autodidactic 45 inverted snobbery 45 meaningless drivel 45 counterproductively 45 pettily 45 doctrinaire 45 insipidly 45 grumpy 45 hey nonny nonny 45 perspicacious 45 onanistic 45 rhyming couplets 45 superciliousness 45 sourpuss 45 dyspeptic 45 hyperboles 45 delphic 45 Wildean wit 45 memorizing vocabulary 45 pseudo philosophical 45 ad hominem 45 daffy 45 gee shucks 45 Couched 45 mush mouthed 45 unlistenable 45 boor 45 disagreeable 45 self mythologising 45 convulsively funny 45 entertainingly 45 erudition 45 Hemingway esque 45 heaven forfend 45 jokey 45 cloyingly sentimental 45 vacuousness 45 Pedants 45 demandingly 45 literalists 45 bemusing 45 sardonically funny 45 wry 45 nod sagely 45 perfunctory 45 grammatical 45 eruditely 45 downright daft 45 ad hominems 45 ranty 45 inarticulate 45 moronic 45 demotic 45 scatterbrained 45 witty 45 substanceless 45 pontification 45 pretentious twaddle 45 clever wordsmith 45 fractured syntax 45 Aristotle Poetics 45 priggishness 45 morose 45 Dave Spart 45 twaddle 45 moony 45 oversweet 45 masochistically 45 masochist 45 dispassionate observer 45 grouchy 45 declamatory 45 unshowy 45 flowery prose 45 boringly 45 Laurence Sterne 45 unromantic 45 cogitation 45 petty vindictive 45 Oversimplifying 45 belaboured 45 tautology 45 obnoxious 45 procrustean 45 earthily 45 Postmodernists 45 nerdy 45 whinge 45 infelicities 45 innacurate 45 verb tense 45 unlikeable 45 precise diction 45 Swiftian 45 yawningly 45 affectless 45 clumsy exposition 45 pigheaded 45 censoriousness 45 knee jerk reactionary 45 bookman 45 smartarse 45 monkish 45 pious platitudes 45 Pythonesque 45 poesy 45 gobbledegook 45 droning 45 witty erudite 45 fustiness 45 fury signifying 45 dithery 45 mumble jumble 45 decipherable 45 unmelodic 45 hackish 45 non sequitor 45 contemptuous 45 unaffecting 45 mindless repetition 45 précis 45 cantankerous 45 onomatopoetic 45 wittering 45 ambivalences 45 arguer 45 musicological 45 teeniest bit 45 Burkean 45 jabberwocky 45 wishy washy 45 trivium 45 professorial 45 poncy 45 overly sentimental 45 uncharitable 45 fusspot 45 subtlety 45 compendious 44 witty prose 44 artlessness 44 mildly amusing 44 gushy 44 Chaucerian 44 digressions 44 snob 44 squirmingly 44 hi falutin 44 bafflegab 44 squint eyed 44 portentous 44 bigot homophobe 44 pentameter 44 clichŽs 44 fagged 44 contentless 44 brow furrowing 44 charlatanry 44 postmodernists 44 juvenilia 44 intellectually stunted 44 snobby 44 cultured despisers 44 bland 44 rationalistic 44 intellectually vapid 44 authorial 44 literalist 44 wilfulness 44 cuttingly 44 philistines 44 Tedious 44 brusk 44 quibble 44 torturously 44 pissy 44 darkly witty 44 harrumphs 44 longueurs 44 antic disposition 44 farcical 44 snarky 44 schoolish 44 simp 44 intellectualizing 44 footling 44 luvvie 44 mythologising 44 philosophical ramblings 44 obsessional 44 plummy tones 44 wild gesticulations 44 terseness 44 showbizzy 44 gadabout 44 metafictional 44 toffee nosed 44 racist misogynistic 44 deconstructive 44 accusative 44 blinkered 44 twit 44 overcritical 44 paraphrase Shakespeare 44 economistic 44 Tarantino esque 44 affectation 44 braggart 44 endearingly eccentric 44 starchy 44 pish 44 carpers 44 corny 44 dodginess 44 killjoy 44 implausibilities 44 jokiness 44 choleric 44 snooty 44 ahistorical 44 jeu d' esprit 44 Lacanian 44 speechifying 44 question asker 44 overanalyse 44 derisive snort 44 pretentiously 44 anthro 44 emotionally stunted 44 pervy 44 classicist 44 Patronising 44 polemically 44 reductionistic 44 achingly dull 44 misplaced commas 44 false modesty 44 hyperarticulate 44 caddish 44 populariser 44 succint 44 suffocatingly 44 matey 44 dim witted 44 Delingpole 44 spiteful 44 windiness 44 wholly unlikable 44 flibbertigibbet 44 Holmesian 44 explication 44 reverential 44 smarminess 44 Perfunctory 44 pusillanimous 44 Freudian 44 arrogant 44 naively idealistic 44 pretention 44 monoglot 44 mean spirited 44 existentialist philosophy 44 non sensical 44 self reflexivity 44 Python esque 44 filmable 44 toe curlingly embarrassing 44 witty self deprecating 44 patronizing 44 balderdash 44 woodenness 44 professorial demeanor 44 dippy 44 drearily 44 comprehensible 44 mordant 44 blithering idiot 44 dispiritingly 44 meta theatrical 44 florid prose 44 monotonal 44 infuriatingly vague 44 unmodern 44 thuddingly 44 infernally 44 endless repetition 44 stultifyingly 44 inexpressive 44 Philosophical Investigations 44 smarty pants 44 paralysingly 44 non sequiturs 44 Ambrose Bierce defined 44 cleverness 44 repellently 44 literalness 44 faffed 44 exasperating 44 dour 44 versifying 44 idiot savants 44 doggerel 44 Paxo 44 sweeping generalization 44 Whiggish 44 interminable 44 unmusical 44 bullshit 44 hilariously 44 Johnsonian 44 confessedly 44 twitchy 44 babble 44 Christianly 44 abject cowardice 44 trenchant 44 commonsensical 44 grammar spelling punctuation 44 ropey 44 comprehendible 44 boyo 44 hokey 44 Brooksian 44 Wellesian 44 eejit 44 disarmingly candid 44 utterly exasperating 44 sentimentality 44 unamusing 44 self referentiality 44 eloquent 44 hopelessly naïve 44 verbs nouns 44 Elshtain 44 rhetoricians 44 prissiness 44 cloth eared 44 decorous 44 inexactitude 44 trainspotting 44 idiosyncracy 44 stagy 44 actressy 44 maddeningly vague 44 archness 44 self deluding 44 perspicuity 44 fuddled 44 sacreligious 44 literal 44 witterings 44 timorous 44 mirthful 44 unhistorical 44 gnomic utterances 44 polemic 44 voluminous writings 44 sophists 44 hammy 44 raillery