Ideas can be hard to understand, but must the sentences used to describe them also be? This delicious little piece in Times Higher Education takes on this question. And there’s a lot to love about the author’s own style. Namely:

• The use of the term “obfuscatory malaise” to describe the discomfort with academic style. Yes.
• Words that are so lovely they must be said out loud (seriously, say them): interdisciplinarity, bugbears, and treacle.
• Quotations such as the following: “No one is born writing sentences laden with adverbs.” (Ed. note: this would be just as accurate with the last three words cut off, no?)
• Turns of phrase like, “There are obvious questions about how this circle can be squared.”
• Thoughtful, articulate assessments from Martha Nussbaum(!) and Mary Evans.

I could go on, but really you should just read the article yourself.