Shashi Tharoor's tweet made Twitterati run for their dictionaries once again
After his 'Exasperating farrago of distortions', Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's extensive vocabulary has once again left his Twitter followers 'nonplused'.
Merriam Webster defines ‘rodomontade’ as bragging speech or vain boasting or bluster. In a candid tweet, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah suggested the Twitterati to follow Tharoor for English lessons. "Learning English? Follow my friend Shashi Tharoor for words you never knew existed & will struggle to ever use in a sentence but by golly they sound impressive. #rodomontade," Omar said.To all the well-meaning folks who send me parodies of my supposed speaking/writing style: The purpose of speaking or writing is to communicate w/ precision. I choose my words because they are the best ones for the idea i want to convey, not the most obscure or rodomontade ones!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 13, 2017
Learning English? Follow my friend @ShashiTharoor for words you never knew existed & will struggle to ever use in a sentence but by golly they sound impressive. #rodomontade ???? — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) December 14, 2017Here's how Twitter reacted to Shashi Tharoor's tweet
If tge so called Avg person uses a SmartPhone to read Mr. Tharoor's writings, he/she wd obviously hav the Google App on the device. T'is good to 'invest" a moment, Google the words you don't know. Enhances your knowledge. You learn something new.
— Rajesh H Jhangiani (@JhangianiRajesh) December 14, 2017
Dr. Tharoor, what is the difference between rodomontade and boastful, pretentious, hifalutin, grandiose? Why is rodomontade the precise word here? — Aarti Tikoo Singh (@AartiTikoo) December 14, 2017
Kindly share the translated version as well, So that even we could appreciate. ????
— Vedank Singh (@VedankSingh) December 14, 2017
We need a tweet like this at least once a month. The vocabulary of the whole country will improve. — April's fool (@khandegautam) December 14, 2017
Me and the google dictionary learnt a new word today , rodomontade !!! I could pronounce it correctly after 2 failed attempts????...
— Divya Das (@divyadas_25) December 14, 2017
Hahahahaha...you are a true rockstar!!!! While growing up, we were told to read The Statesman to improve our English, nowadays one should simply just follow your tweets! — Ananya Ghosh (@ananya1281) December 14, 2017
Sir, you are the brand ambassador for https://t.co/lAc7zI7HD5
— Yorick (@yorickpinto) December 14, 2017
pic.twitter.com/TNw48iBWCq — Harsh Kumar (@hk161193) December 14, 2017
— Ponga Pandit (@realpongapandit) December 14, 2017
#rodomontade word searches right after @ShashiTharoor`s tweet ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/QUaM78f9Nk — Vishal Jotshi (@vishaljotshi) December 14, 2017
Rodomontade ???? .. You have just rushed the folks for dictionary! ???????? #WordOfTheDay
— Anju Chandel (@AnjuChandel) December 14, 2017
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