Obscuration

• The use of overly complex sentence structure, unnecessary jargon, and obscure terminology for the purpose of deflecting attention or shutting down concentrated listening.

• Wolf Blitzer of CNN has the ability to wear down a hostile guest with long winded roundabout ways of asking questions that cause the guest to lose focus to such a degree that the guest must then draw from his or her powers of improvisation when answering the question, rather than reciting a rehearsed answer.