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Originally Posted by ApK
or constructing sentences in needless complex ways, presumably because they think it sounds more "educated" or "professional."
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I refer to that as "Interview-ese." It mainly afflicts people who are asked questions in front of a camera (especially law enforcement), but it can happen in written communications, too. Some sort of EMF disturbance from the electronic equipment causes them to speak in a way they would never speak otherwise; "
the alleged perpetrator entered the derelict building from the northeast quadrant. We were able to pursue and flank the subject in a classic pincer movement. At which time, I was able to discharge my firearm into one of the subject's lower extremities in order to subdue him."