lard up
To stuff something with too much of a rich ingredient, or to make writing/speech heavy and padded with too many words.
Meanings
(Culinary) To add large quantities of lard or fat to food in cooking.
"The old recipe called for the chicken to be larded up before roasting to keep it moist."
(Figurative) To make writing, a speech, or any content excessively heavy with unnecessary words, references, or elaborate vocabulary.
"His essays were larded up with Latin quotations that added nothing to the argument."
Has both a culinary and figurative sense. In cooking, it means to add a lot of lard or fat. Figuratively, it is used critically of writing or speech that is over-loaded with complex vocabulary, excessive adjectives, or unnecessary content. The figurative sense is more common in modern usage.
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