Thesaurus abuse

Thesaurus abuse occurs when an author dredges up more synonyms than are actually necessary in a work to make themselves seem smarter than they actually are. This often results in awkward urple prose and, often, the need to contact the Department of Redundancy Department. After all, why describe something as shiny when you could use adamantine? Or lustrous, nacreous, pearlescent, shimmering, vitreous ... you get the point. Thesaurus abuse pertaining to the word "said" is referred to as "said bookism" because in the past, there were things such as "said books" which contained such synonyms.