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Saying the same thing again, but dressed up so it looks like more thinking happened.
means Adding detail, explanation, or development to something already stated, to make it fuller or clearer.
from From Latin elaborare, 'to work out thoroughly' — e- ('out') plus laborare ('to labor, to work'), the same root that gives us 'labor' and 'laboratory.' Originally it meant real toil, the sweat of producing something through sustained effort. The irony built into the modern word's lazier uses is that 'elaboration' once implied you'd actually worked hard on it.
- academic favorite
- please elaborate means your answer was too short
- etymology
- from latin elaborare, to work out thoroughly
- cognitive science
- elaborating on memories makes them stick better
- corporate use
- often means repeating the point with more syllables