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Originally Posted by curiousuburb
"waves heaving skywards to tumble like some ponderously incompetent somersaulters"
Picturesque. I'll never watch bad gymnasts the same way again.
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Your picturesque is my flowery...
Words are so much more than their ability to describe objects or scenes...
I find that this sort of language ignores the best parts and attempts to justify its existence by giving you a high definition view of the narrative.
Edit: Mind you, this is written by a scientist...