A Polysyllabic Name. Share full article. From The London Express. Sept. 9, 1906; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 9, 1906, Page 16 Buy ...

Sir, Tim Harford laments the use of jargon (“polysyllabic obfuscations”) by economists (FT Weekend, November 25-26). I am afraid my profession, law, suffers from the same problem. I am just ...

The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby. Penguin, HK$111. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is 'one of the most influential books of the last fifty years', says Nick Hornby as he sheepishly ...