Ever since I was a child, my dad would always order rum-and-raisins-flavored ice cream. Out of curiosity, I decided to taste it and it was arguably one of the worst (if not the worst) I've ever had. Somehow it managed to taste like an old book, it felt like placing a question mark in my mouth...
For those unaware, purple prose is a writing style characterized by being too flowery and ornate, taking value from the original text.
For example:
Sounds way better than.
But even then, it's no as obvious as these examples. I feel like I'm too verbose and I'd like to cut it down to avoid...