Sounds like a lot of the holier-than-thou pedantry issuing forth from the inflexibly and rabidly religious these days.

turgid (tur·gid): / TUR jid /
adjective

(1) distended; swollen; tumid; exhibiting turgor (medical)
(2) pompous; self-important; bombastic; inflated or overblown

[From Latin turgidus from turgere meaning “to swell, be swollen.”]

Usage: The turgid language used in your speech alienated the vast majority of the nonacademic attendees.