Barbarism. It's a made up word representing a string of words worth the repeating for the pure entertainment value. If Webster could capture that flavor, he might have had an entry that looked something like this... from the name Barbara, of the Latin word barbarus, meaning foreign or strange] 1 a statement of the obvious. 2 advice so plain that it is strangely valuable. Looking back on her mother's funny little observations, the author realized that there are pearls of wisdom hidden in each one that can be extracted and polished for use in life and business alike. Pearls will make you laugh and cry, think and dream and perhaps search for nuggets of wisdom in your own unlikely oysters.