Shashi Tharoor's tweet made Twitterati run for their dictionaries once again

After his 'Exasperating farrago of distortions', Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's extensive vocabulary has once again left his Twitter followers 'nonplused'.

After introducing 'farrago' to his followers, Tharoor has now given them a new word 'rodomontade'.

NEW DELHI: After his 'exasperating farrago of distortions', Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's extensive vocabulary has once again left his Twitter followers 'nonplused'. After introducing 'farrago' to his followers, Tharoor has now given them a new word 'rodomontade'. "To all the well-meaning folks who send me parodies of my supposed speaking/writing style: The purpose of speaking or writing is to communicate w/ precision. I choose my words because they are the best ones for the idea i want to convey, not the most obscure or rodomontade ones!," Tharoor wrote on Twitter.

To all the well-meaning folks who send me parodies of my supposed speaking/writing style: The purpose of speaking or writing is to communicate w/ precision. I choose my words because they are the best ones for the idea i want to convey, not the most obscure or rodomontade ones!

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 13, 2017

Merriam Webster defines ‘rodomontade’ as bragging speech or vain boasting or bluster. In a candid tweet, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah suggested the Twitterati to follow Tharoor for English lessons. "Learning English? Follow my friend Shashi Tharoor for words you never knew existed & will struggle to ever use in a sentence but by golly they sound impressive. #rodomontade," Omar said.

Learning English? Follow my friend @ShashiTharoor for words you never knew existed & will struggle to ever use in a sentence but by golly they sound impressive. #rodomontade ???? — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) December 14, 2017

Here's how Twitter reacted to Shashi Tharoor's tweet

If tge so called Avg person uses a SmartPhone to read Mr. Tharoor's writings, he/she wd obviously hav the Google App on the device. T'is good to 'invest" a moment, Google the words you don't know. Enhances your knowledge. You learn something new.

— Rajesh H Jhangiani (@JhangianiRajesh) December 14, 2017

Dr. Tharoor, what is the difference between rodomontade and boastful, pretentious, hifalutin, grandiose? Why is rodomontade the precise word here? — Aarti Tikoo Singh (@AartiTikoo) December 14, 2017

Kindly share the translated version as well, So that even we could appreciate. ????

— Vedank Singh (@VedankSingh) December 14, 2017

We need a tweet like this at least once a month. The vocabulary of the whole country will improve. — April's fool (@khandegautam) December 14, 2017

Me and the google dictionary learnt a new word today , rodomontade !!! I could pronounce it correctly after 2 failed attempts????...

— Divya Das (@divyadas_25) December 14, 2017

Hahahahaha...you are a true rockstar!!!! While growing up, we were told to read The Statesman to improve our English, nowadays one should simply just follow your tweets! — Ananya Ghosh (@ananya1281) December 14, 2017

Sir, you are the brand ambassador for https://t.co/lAc7zI7HD5

— Yorick (@yorickpinto) December 14, 2017

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— Ponga Pandit (@realpongapandit) December 14, 2017

#rodomontade word searches right after @ShashiTharoor`s tweet ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/QUaM78f9Nk — Vishal Jotshi (@vishaljotshi) December 14, 2017

Rodomontade ???? .. You have just rushed the folks for dictionary! ???????? #WordOfTheDay

— Anju Chandel (@AnjuChandel) December 14, 2017