“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!”
Social media users hang on to every word of Tharoor’s tweets and posts, and this one was no different. Tharoor is famous for his extensive vocabulary and how well-spoken he is, and for often slaying it on international forums. However, social media collectively loses its mind when he tweets a word they have never heard of before, so it’s only fair he clarified.
Or, was he taking a dig at himself?
Whether or not he was, social media users couldn’t help but indulge him. Rodomontade HAD to become the new farrago!
I can rodomontadely say that day by day I read your rodomontaded tweets in English, I will be rodomontaded of my improved English. A rodomontade Jai Hind sir.
— Kanatunga (@Kanatunga) December 13, 2017
lemonade ka bada bhai rodomontade. thanks for yet another word...
— maruti (@Maruti_P_Naik) December 13, 2017
Lol! To be fair, it encourages us to use the dictionary & thesaurus & expand our vocabulary. I always look forward to the new word of the day... "rodomontade" is quite a mouthful
— Sujata Suri (@sujatasuri) December 14, 2017
Not sure about others, but I feel the best part of Tharoor's tweet is everytime you get to learn a new word. #rodomontade https://t.co/Oa3DaN3YJi
— Sushank (@Sushank_kr) December 13, 2017
One user even wanted his school fees back!
Heard one new word again-"rodomontade". I want my school fees back.
— Balendu Pandey (@balendu29) December 14, 2017
Other were happy about the free vocabulary training for their competitive examinations!
If twitter was around when I prepared for MBA entrance , I would have done nothing else but to follow this man on twitter . I would have cracked the vocabulary section of the CAT !
— Kapil Bhagat (@BhagatKapil) December 14, 2017
Some helpfully posted screenshots of the meaning of the word for other users.
— Krishna (@i_am_krisna) December 13, 2017
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah also joined in on the fun.
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
Some users however, praised the MP for his clarity of thought, and called him “an educator par excellence”.
Love your choice of words and pronunciation and not just because you are a Palakkad guy like me. Helps my crossword solving skills :) Keep going Dr. There are very few like you around.
— Uday Menon (@Uday47) December 14, 2017
Imitation is the best form of flattery, Sir. None of this would've perhaps come your way had it not been for your brilliant eloquence. I bet no one has the intention or the courage to denigrate your speaking/writing style. Cheers, @ShashiTharoor!
— Srajit Sakhuja (@Srajit3016) December 13, 2017
It hasn’t been very long since ‘exasperating farrago of distortions’ exploded on the internet and morphed into a ridiculous number of memes. Soon after, Tharoor fell prey to autocorrect, where instead of writing ‘than ghoonghats’, he had tweeted ‘than Hoog hats’, sending social media into a tizzy, with many users spending trying to figure out the meaning of something that even Google could not give an answer to!