z Somniloquy is an easy word to remember if we break it down by its
morphemes: somni and loq. The root somni is from the Latin word
somnus, which means “sleep.” The same root is found in insomnia,
the inability to sleep. The root loc or loq comes from the Latin
verb loquor, which means “to speak.” We saw this same root in the
target word obloquy from an earlier lecture, meaning critical speech
or verbal abuse.
- After completing this course, your friends might characterize your
speech as __.
- Early linguistic studies of slang often concentrated on the __
of the criminal world in Britain.
- The language of texting and the Internet seems to have become the
__ of young people today.
- The professor’s __ style of teaching, in which he engaged in
rambling discourses on unrelated topics, did nothing to help his students
understand his political history course.
- The nickname Honest Abe is an example of one of these.
- The nearly incomprehensible __ of the computer engineers
discourages most people in the company from even asking questions
about software or hardware.
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- The slogan “Yes We Can” from President Obama’s 2008 campaign
might be described as a __ of the Democratic Party.
- This word shares a Latin root with insomnia.
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