noun
- people who use elaborate or pretentious language, especially empty phrases or clichés
Usage: often derogatory
Examples
- The political debate was dominated by phrasemongers who offered no real solutions.
- She dismissed the critics as mere phrasemongers who couldn’t appreciate genuine art.
- The company’s executives were phrasemongers who spoke in corporate jargon.
- Academic phrasemongers often obscure simple ideas with needlessly complex language.
- The speech was full of empty rhetoric from seasoned phrasemongers.
- He avoided the phrasemongers at the conference who loved to hear themselves talk.