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You Have the Right to Remain Taciturn
Malloy was a detective who used his superior vocabulary to outfox his prey in the interrogation room. Most criminals were no match.
“I know you purloined the pièce de résistance,” Malloy said.
“An undiminished prevarication!” Sims said. “I deny ever habituating the museum.”
Malloy smirked. “Your repudiation defies veridicality.”
Malloy’s less-educated partner entered. “We see right through your lies. You’re diafalous.”
“I think you meant ‘diaphanous,’” Sims said.
“Diaphanous?” Malloy repeated. “Like the sheet that covered the painting stolen from the museum?”
“Precisely. It was diaphanous,” Sims laughed. “Your partner’s moronic.”
“He just got you to confess, didn’t he?”
“Uh…possibly.”
Prompt: Logophile
