The Heartbreak of Paragraphism
Paragraphism/ pah-RAG-ra-fizm > noun 1 a literary style peculiar to the late 20th C and early 21st C characterized by a compositional limit of no more than five paragraphs. Often confused with
porgarpharism, an exceptionally obscene sexual practice of the Andaman islanders. Careful stylists will avoid confusing the two.
Paragraphist / pah-RAG-ra-fist >noun 1 one who practices paragraphism, which see
…Hampstead dictionary of literary dysfunction
Medical authorities suggest that birth trauma or early childhood dietary deficiencies are responsible for this tragic affliction. Members of the American Society for Critical Psychology suggest, however, that paragraphists willfully choose the paragraphist lifestyle and can be retrained.
The ASCP position is not widely accepted however, due to the brevity of its scholarly publications, which seldom exceed five paragraphs.
Famous paragraphists include Friedrich Nietzsche and Watanabe Hamura, inventor of the haiku. The modern weblog has provided an ameliorative for sufferers of this tragic disease.
