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Is there a word that describes someone being cryptic but needlessly
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Is there a word that describes someone being cryptic but needlessly so or in an obnoxious and bullshit sort of way?
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Obscurantist?
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Abbotting.

"His entire budget speech was wall-to-wall Abbotting, but at least he didn't try to Howard us."
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>>7655355
Obfuscate?
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Philosophy.
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Pretentious seem to be the catch-all term.
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>>7655355

Obtuse?
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I think the word you're looking for is /lit/
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Coy.
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>>7655368
Obfuscatory.
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Continentalist
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OP
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>>7655355
/lit/
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troll
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>>7655355
Ur mum lol
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>>7655355
try-hard
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Obstinate
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Speaking in rhetoric?
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>>7655368
>>7655495
this
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>being needlessly cryptic in a bullshit way
bullshitting / handwaving (just checked wikipedia)
>simply in an obnoxious way
being a nerd
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>>7655364
why do you peeps keep posting when the first person got it right
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