Meaning of hundred-dollar word | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of ten-dollar word.

Examples

“Since then nine trails have⟳ been added, plus an additional jump⟳, a pair of outing club cabins, and a "ski pavilion" (a hundred dollar word for a covered shed⟳)”

“An object is a hundred-dollar word for a pretty simple concept: a chunk of information you create⟳ and edit in another program⟳ and then plop into a Word document.”

“Cantonment, he thought. Now there was a hundred-dollar word he would never have⟳ known if he hadn't grown up here.”

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