1st paragraph of my new book.

[leslee]

I have a buddy who buys wine at Big Lots. She swears she gets the best wine there, for very little money. Wine from all around the world.

I understand that studies show it is actually good for you to drink wine. Aren't there even wine pills now? Supplements?

[leslee]

Yeah, exposition and expostulation do have different dictionary definitions. I've never heard anyone use expostulate for what Gary was describing, but he was drinking wine and I was falling asleep, so I wasn't sure.

In screenplay writing, we talk about exposition all the time. In this case, it seemed to me to be the right word, too, for presenting backstory in this instance. That's why I asked. But, in writing novels, we also talk about info-dumping, which is frequently what happens with backstory, and then it's not such a good thing.

Can't hurt to ask, right? Except sometimes you ask what you think is a harmless question and wind up in a brawl, so maybe it can hurt to ask.

I don't know. I'm still sleepy. And now I want to try Yellowtail Shiraz just because I like the name, even though it'll give me a terrible headache.

[John Oberon]

I always associate expostulate with postulate. When you postulate, you present a proposition or idea. When you expostulate, you present points against the proposition. That's my take anyway.

[Jena Grace]

v. ex·pos·tu·lat·ed , ex·pos·tu·lat·ing , ex·pos·tu·lates
v. intr. To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See Synonyms at object.

v. tr. To say in protest; object: "[He] expostulated that they had every right to hold a street meeting" (Pierre Berton).

http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=EXPOSTULATE

[leslee]

Uh . . . okay.

[Kitty Foyle]

I haven't gotten a lay recently, so....

Uh-oh?

(I believe I gave an example of uptalk.)

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[jayce]

...and Gary gave an exampled of trash talk.

[John Oberon]

v. ex·pos·tu·lat·ed , ex·pos·tu·lat·ing , ex·pos·tu·lates
v. intr. To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See Synonyms at object.

v. tr. To say in protest; object: "[He] expostulated that they had every right to hold a street meeting" (Pierre Berton).

http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=EXPOSTULATE

Yeah, that's how I think of it.

[Kitty Foyle]

Right, jayce...and way too much information.

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[simba major]

I always associate expostulate with postulate. When you postulate, you present a proposition or idea. When you expostulate, you present points against the proposition. That's my take anyway.

The Latin prefix ex- does not mean against but out of or from.