Obliqueness is the curse of the reading class.

Stephen King
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Obliqueness is the curse of the reading class. Obliqueness is actually a complex word, which means to be overly complicated, convoluted, or difficult to understand. It is also used to describe being overly clever or clever in a way that seems out of place. The word comes from the Latin for “oblique” or slanted.

When writing, it is often used to mean an unusual style of writing. For example, if you are writing about a complicated subject, you might use an oblique figure of speech that will make your point easier to understand. Therefore, when someone says that someone is oblique, they are saying that person is being too complicated and not being direct enough in their writing.

Incidentally, the definition also applies to children who are obliquely difficult. Children who are obliquely difficult can be very hard to understand because their language tends to be obscure and unusual.

Source: Just After Sunset

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