(n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense\.

affectation aggrandizement amplification ballyhoo big talk blowing up burlesque caricature command of language dilatation dilation enhancement enlargement exaggerating exaggeration excess exorbitance expansion expression of ideas extravagance extreme fashion feeling for words form of speech grace of expression hard word heightening huckstering hyperbole hyperbolism inflation inordinacy jawbreaker lexiphanicism literary style long word magnification manner manner of speaking mannerism mode mode of expression orotundity overemphasis overestimation overkill overstatement peculiarity personal style polysyllable pomposity pompousness pontificality pontification prodigality profuseness puffery puffing up rhetoric self-importance sensationalism sense of language sesquipedalian strain stretching stuffiness style stylistic analysis stylistics superlative tall talk the grand style the plain style the sublime touting travesty trick turgidity vein way