The word grandiloquent has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 30 in “Forget the Punchline. It’s the Setup to These Jokes That’s Tricky” by Jason Zinoman:
… Gary Gulman’s new show, “Grandiloquent,” at the Lucille Lortel Theater, is about, among other things, this anxiety: how an insecure need for approval emerged from childhood, what distorting effects it had on his personality and how, as he puts it, it contributes to the subtext of his entire career: “I’m smart, right?”
It’s why Gulman, a masterly joke technician, has always favored words like “grandiloquent” (which means the use of extravagant language in an attempt to impress). This show-offy instinct has long benefited him. In a culture more terrified of elitism than philistinism, Gulman creates brainy, word-drunk art that aims high. This show covers familiar ground for Gulman but also ventures deeper into the therapist’s office.
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