Three undesirables specifically referred to as cacology, cathexis, and captiousness are observed verbal acts that can stop and probably should stop a social interaction. |
In his characteristic cacology he described his vision in the inner sanctum of the Kali temple, where he had gone at the behest of his nephew Hriday, to pray for some magical powers from the Goddess. |
The cacology, in fact, here belongs not to the low world of the Flemings but to the 'high' world of the English romances. |
It is never, even at the lowest level, a question merely of escaping the stigmas of paranomia and aphrasia, dysphemia and idiolalia, dyslogia and cacology. |
Even Shakespeare might have been glad of such an opportunity to enlarge the cacology, by actual hearing, of some of his most amusing characters. |