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* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has the former (and, in a roundabout way, current) trope namers Shlubb and Klump. What can you say about people who render "circumnavigation" as "circumlocution" (when talking about driving around the block, yet!) or "quenched" as "quelched" or refer to "Consequences most dire" being "athwart us" or... you get the picture.
* The {{Elseworld}} version of [[ComicBook/XMen Hank McCoy]] in ''ComicBook/XMenNoir'' does this, in a sort of parody of the mainstream incarnation's SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
* Lucullan from ''ComicBook/{{Empire}}'' does this often.

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* ''ComicBook/SinCity'' has the former (and, in a roundabout way, current) trope namers Shlubb and Klump. What can you say about people who render "circumnavigation" as "circumlocution" (when talking about driving around the block, yet!) or "quenched" as "quelched" or refer to "Consequences most dire" being "athwart us" or... you get the picture.
* The {{Elseworld}} version of [[ComicBook/XMen Hank McCoy]] in ''ComicBook/XMenNoir'' does this, in a sort of parody of the mainstream incarnation's SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
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''ComicBook/{{Empire}}'': Lucullan from ''ComicBook/{{Empire}}'' does this often.often.
* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Imperial Pimpotron Alpha could give [[Webcomic/OneOverZero Marcus]] a run for his money. It seems that his speech derives from WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture, which results in some weird neologisms:
-->'''Imperial Pimpotron Alpha:''' For I, Imperial Pimpotron Alpha am scouticruiting you for priviligious erotiservitude in the Cosmolactic Emperor's Harem!



* Imperial Pimpotron Alpha from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', who could give [[Webcomic/OneOverZero Marcus]] a run for his money. It seems that his speech derives from WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture, which results in some weird neologisms:
-->'''Imperial Pimpotron Alpha:''' For I, Imperial Pimpotron Alpha am scouticruiting you for priviligious erotiservitude in the Cosmolactic Emperor's Harem!
* Runabout from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is a good example. He and his best friend/partner-in-crime Runamuck are basically delinquents who love pranks and graffiti. The difference is that while Runamuck is fully aware that what the duo are doing is childish and silly (and gladly embraces this fact), Runabout has deluded himself into believing that he's a brilliant, Banksy-style artist who creates revolutionary art and social commentary. His art is actually poorly scribbled phrases like "humans are wimps".
* In Chapter 7 of the SpaceWestern ''Comicbook/{{Lawless}}: Ballots over Badrock'' in ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd Megazine'', Deputy Nerys Peffiter is trying to write a formal testimony about the corruption she's uncovered, which is an odd mix of Western-talk and what someone who doesn't speak legalese thinks legalese sounds like. (She's in no way stupid; she's a competent administrator who uncovered some well-hidden corruption. She just isn't sure how you're supposed to write these things up.)

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* Imperial Pimpotron Alpha from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', who could give [[Webcomic/OneOverZero Marcus]] a run for his money. It seems that his speech derives from WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture, which results in some weird neologisms:
-->'''Imperial Pimpotron Alpha:''' For I, Imperial Pimpotron Alpha am scouticruiting you for priviligious erotiservitude in the Cosmolactic Emperor's Harem!
* Runabout from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is a good example. He and his best friend/partner-in-crime Runamuck are basically delinquents who love pranks and graffiti. The difference is that while Runamuck is fully aware that what the duo are doing is childish and silly (and gladly embraces this fact), Runabout has deluded himself into believing that he's a brilliant, Banksy-style artist who creates revolutionary art and social commentary. His art is actually poorly scribbled phrases like "humans are wimps".
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''ComicBook/{{Lawless}}'': In Chapter 7 of the SpaceWestern ''Comicbook/{{Lawless}}: ''Lawless: Ballots over Badrock'' in ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'', Deputy Nerys Peffiter is trying to write a formal testimony about the corruption she's uncovered, which is an odd mix of Western-talk and what someone who doesn't speak legalese thinks legalese sounds like. (She's in no way stupid; she's a competent administrator who uncovered some well-hidden corruption. She just isn't sure how you're supposed to write these things up.)


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* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The former (and, in a roundabout way, current) trope namers Shlubb and Klump. What can you say about people who render "circumnavigation" as "circumlocution" (when talking about driving around the block, yet!) or "quenched" as "quelched" or refer to "Consequences most dire" being "athwart us" or... you get the picture.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Runabout is a good example. He and his best friend/partner-in-crime Runamuck are basically delinquents who love pranks and graffiti. The difference is that while Runamuck is fully aware that what the duo are doing is childish and silly (and gladly embraces this fact), Runabout has deluded himself into believing that he's a brilliant, Banksy-style artist who creates revolutionary art and social commentary. His art is actually poorly scribbled phrases like "humans are wimps".
* ''ComicBook/XMenNoir'': The noir version of [[ComicBook/XMen Hank McCoy]] does this, in a sort of parody of the mainstream incarnation's SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
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** Oddly enough (or a shockingly subtle joke for that film), Mrs. Wormer may be wrong: [[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sensual "sensual"]] vs. [[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sensuous "sensuous"]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'': Archibald Snatcher desperately wants to be part of posh, elegant high society and apes it at every opportunity, but he doesn't really understand any of the social trappings he aspires to. He tries to say elegant things about the taste of fancy cheeses, but can't come up with anything himself and is only able to belatedly agree with Mr. Trout's more poetic description; in the climax, he repeats this word-for-word even though he's eating an entirely different cheese that that's not an accurate evaluation of. He also has no patience for ceremony, and angrily cuts off Lord Portley-Rind's introduction of the cheese they're about to taste so that he can get to the eating.



* George [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', though probably more out of being nervous around girls than ignorance:
-->''George'': Lorraine, my density has brought me to you.
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the head weasel talks like this. Saying things like "Do you want us to disresemble the place?" and offering to "repose" of Roger.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' has henchmen Iggy and Spike use this after they've been [[EvolutionaryLevels evolved]] into an "advanced" form, showing that even with enhanced intelligence, they're still pretty dumb.
* Leo Gorcey's Slip Mahoney character, in the ''Film/BoweryBoys'' movies, was all about this trope.
* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': "Are ''you'' addressing ''I''?"
* Chance the Gardener in ''Film/BeingThere'' is a man with mild mental delays who can't take care of himself, but he's dressed so well everyone assumes he's rich and thinks everything he says is a profound statement. Subverted in that Chance himself was just responding in the only way he knew how.
* In the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Stefano claims that he wants to "facilitate and remain observatory" while working for Uncle Monty.
* In ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', the scene where Chuckie poses as Will in the job interview.
* In ''Film/AnimalHouse'', Eric Stratton is trying to impress an older woman (who turns out to be the wife of the college's Dean) in the grocery store, as he picks up a large cucumber:

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* George [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', though probably more out of being nervous around girls than ignorance:
-->''George'': Lorraine, my density has brought me to you.
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the head weasel talks like this. Saying things like "Do you want us to disresemble the place?" and offering to "repose" of Roger.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' has henchmen Iggy and Spike use this after they've been [[EvolutionaryLevels evolved]] into an "advanced" form, showing that even with enhanced intelligence, they're still pretty dumb.
* Leo Gorcey's Slip Mahoney character, in the ''Film/BoweryBoys'' movies, was all about this trope.
* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': "Are ''you'' addressing ''I''?"
* Chance the Gardener in ''Film/BeingThere'' is a man with mild mental delays who can't take care of himself, but he's dressed so well everyone assumes he's rich and thinks everything he says is a profound statement. Subverted in that Chance himself was just responding in the only way he knew how.
* In the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Stefano claims that he wants to "facilitate and remain observatory" while working for Uncle Monty.
* In ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', the scene where Chuckie poses as Will in the job interview.
* In ''Film/AnimalHouse'',
''Film/AnimalHouse'': Eric Stratton is trying to impress an older woman (who turns out to be the wife of the college's Dean) in the grocery store, as he picks up a large cucumber:



* In ''Film/SexyBeast'' Don Logan likes to think he's smarter than the protagonists, but his [[MotorMouth rapid-fire speech]] is half ClusterFBomb and half this, with needless extra words and non-words ("insinuendos") everywhere.
* In ''Film/{{Election}}'':
--> '''Tracy Flick:''' What happened at the speeches was an "unconscienceable'' tragedy.
* ''Film/{{My Fair Lady}}'' essentially starts with Professor Henry Higgins casually wagering that although his peers believe in this trope, he can overcome it and teach a commoner to blend in with the British upper class. With much of the movie essentially an elaborate socialite training montage for Eliza Doolittle, this trope happens multiple times before he can teach her to surpass it.

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%%* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': George [=McFly=], although probably more out of being nervous around girls than ignorance:%%ZCE
%%-->'''George:''' Lorraine, my density has brought me to you.
* ''Film/BeingThere'': Chance the Gardener is a man with mild mental delays who can't take care of himself, but he's dressed so well everyone assumes he's rich and thinks everything he says is a profound statement. Subverted in that Chance himself was just responding in the only way he knew how.
%%* ''Film/BoweryBoys'': Slip Mahoney is all about this trope.
%%* ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': "Are ''you'' addressing ''I''?"
%%* ''Film/{{Election}}'':%%Quotes aren't context.
%%--> '''Tracy Flick:''' What happened at the speeches was an "unconscienceable'' tragedy.
* ''Film/GlassOnion'': The brilliant but erratic tech innovator Miles Bron's language is peppered with plausible but nonexistent words and ones that aren't quite correct. [[spoiler:
In ''Film/SexyBeast'' fact, it's plot-relevant; as it turns out, Miles is just an idiot who steals other people's ideas.]]
%%* ''Film/GoodWillHunting'': The scene where Chuckie poses as Will in the job interview.
* ''Film/TheLocals'': TheBogan Nev tells Paul that the girls he is trying to hook up with are dead, and that they call that "haemophilia". His mate Tone hurriedly whispers that the word is "necrophilia".
* ''Film/MyFairLady'' essentially starts with Professor Henry Higgins casually wagering that although his peers believe in this trope, he can overcome it and teach a commoner to blend in with the British upper class. The rest of the movie is essentially an elaborate socialite training montage for Eliza Doolittle, and this trope happens multiple times before he can teach her to surpass it.
* ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': Stefano claims that he wants to "facilitate and remain observatory" while working for Uncle Monty.
* ''Film/SexyBeast'':
Don Logan likes to think he's smarter than the protagonists, but his [[MotorMouth rapid-fire speech]] is half ClusterFBomb and half this, with needless extra words and non-words ("insinuendos") everywhere.
* In ''Film/{{Election}}'':
--> '''Tracy Flick:''' What happened at the speeches was
''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' has henchmen Iggy and Spike use this after they've been [[EvolutionaryLevels evolved]] into an "unconscienceable'' tragedy.
* ''Film/{{My Fair Lady}}'' essentially starts
"advanced" form, showing that even with Professor Henry Higgins casually wagering that although his peers believe in this trope, he can overcome it and teach a commoner to blend in with the British upper class. With much of the movie essentially an elaborate socialite training montage for Eliza Doolittle, this trope happens multiple times before he can teach her to surpass it.enhanced intelligence, they're still pretty dumb.



* In ''Film/TheLocals'', TheBogan Nev tells Paul that the girls he is trying to hook up with are dead, and that they call that 'haemophilia'. His mate Tone hurriedly whispers that the word is 'necrophilia'.
* In ''Film/GlassOnion'', brilliant but erratic tech innovator Miles Bron's language is peppered with plausible but nonexistent words and ones that aren't quite correct. [[spoiler: In fact, it's plot-relevant; as it turns out, Miles is just an idiot who steals other people's ideas.]]

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* In ''Film/TheLocals'', TheBogan Nev tells Paul that ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': The head weasel talks like this. Saying things like "Do you want us to disresemble the girls he is trying to hook up with are dead, place?" and that they call that 'haemophilia'. His mate Tone hurriedly whispers that the word is 'necrophilia'.
* In ''Film/GlassOnion'', brilliant but erratic tech innovator Miles Bron's language is peppered with plausible but nonexistent words and ones that aren't quite correct. [[spoiler: In fact, it's plot-relevant; as it turns out, Miles is just an idiot who steals other people's ideas.]]
offering to "repose" of Roger.
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* Octagon Vreedle (but not Rhomboid) of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''.

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* Octagon Vreedle (but not Rhomboid) of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''.''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' is a HalfWittedHillbilly who tries to make himself look smarter than he is by speaking in long, elaborate sentences full of big words he barely understands, used in the most teeth-grindingly uncanny way possible and made even more conspicuous by his [[VerbalTic seeming inability to use a noun in a sentence without preceding it with the phrase "what you might call"]].
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* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "Overkill" the hungover motel clerk tends to babble on in a fashion like this ("I appreciate you guys intervejecting [sic] with the police down there on my behest.")
* The ''Series/{{Detroit 187}}'' episode "Beaten/ Cover Letter" featured a boxer's manager who spoke like this-- and a detective who mocked him for it.

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* In the ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "Overkill" the hungover motel clerk tends to babble on in a fashion like this ("I appreciate you guys intervejecting [sic] with the police down there on my behest.")
* The ''Series/{{Detroit 187}}'' ''Series/Detroit187'' episode "Beaten/ Cover Letter" featured a boxer's manager who spoke like this-- and a detective who mocked him for it.

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* Goku in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' has a tendency to use words and phrases he doesn't actually understand. This can range from funny to awkward. This was once lampshaded by Freeza in Episode 29:
-->'''Freeza:''' THAT'S STUPID! YOU'RE STUPID! STOP BEING STUPID!

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* Goku [[IdiotHero Goku]] in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' has a tendency to use words and phrases he doesn't actually understand. This can range from funny to awkward. This was once is lampshaded by Freeza in Episode 29:
-->'''Freeza:''' THAT'S STUPID! ''YOU'RE'' STUPID! ''STOP BEING STUPID!''\\
'''Goku:''' Or... maybe I'm just being rhetorical.\\
'''Freeza:''' [[BluntNo NO!!! NO
YOU'RE STUPID! STOP BEING STUPID!NOT!]] God, it's like [[YouKeepUsingThatWord you just use words you hear randomly to try and sound smarter]]!\\
'''Goku:''' Heh, well now you're just acting transcendent!\\
'''Freeza:''' ''(knees Goku in the face)''
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* ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld'': While waiting for Byron, Connie finds a mobster who thinks she stole his diamonds rummaging through her cabinets. When he tries to hold a "civil" conversation, she gives out a groan that he's "one of those verbose, ''civilized'' gangsters" that "loves his own voice and likes to talk around his actual threats."
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* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' has a pompous slob known only as "Creepy Guy" who attempts SesquipedalianLoquaciousness but uses most of his big words incorrectly.
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** Zapp and his cham-paggin.

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** Zapp and his cham-paggin.Brannigan is also prone to this, like the time he offered Leela some "cham-paggin". There's also this exchange from "The Problem with Popplers":

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