recapitulation - noun - summary or restatement of the main points
Believe it or not, I had a dream about this word. I dreamt that an unnamed shadow and I were debating over its length: six syllables. Have you noticed lately that people tend to abbreviate lengthy words or terms? For one, recapitulation is rarely regurgitated whole. It usually comes up as "recap," as in "Would you like a recap of what I just said?" The answer? Probably not. Do you think this trendy truncation is due to verbal indolence? Huh! Now that's a mouthful! Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe like everything else, it is just a sign of the times, related to skirting the rules. Who has time for them?
Which unearths another point: If we didn't condense unnecessarily, would we be more optimistic about accepting what is at face value as in rules? Truth? This is a hard question. One that shouldn't be dealt with at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I'll leave you to ponder this one alone. Most likely, you are fully awake.
Let me know if you come up with anything.
Happy Saturday!
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