Is a word "indefatigable" a jaw-breaker? Please help me understand a dialogue correctly

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Hello there! I'll be glad if someone could help me. I'm wondering if a word  "indefatigable" is sort of a jaw-breaker? I'm trying to translate a dialogue between two characters. First of them is describing another one. Second character is injecting funny remarks into that rant.

1st: He's (this and that), he’s got your back... Just when you need him he’s there...
2nd: Well, sure... It's true...
1st: Need help with diction?
2nd: Indefatigable.

 So, what he meant exactly? "I'll teach you to pronounce a tongue twisters and  the word "indefatigable" is an example" or "You have to work hard. Do it indefatigable"?

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paulkevin profile picture paulkevinFebruary 2014
Hello mid-tiger. Let's begin at the end of your reported speech. You don't use the adjective, you use the adverb, "Do it indefatigably." Indefatigable (adjective) means UNTIRING - able to work or continue for a very long time without becoming tired. Physically, humans are unable to do this, so we are talking about machinery or animals. What we can do is be indefatigable when applied to patience. Some of us have "the patience of a Saint" Genzaimu is correct about not using this by choice, although authors love to confuse their readers with it. Also on your '2nd' reported speech you need the adverb '..bly'. I am a teacher of English and although the word comes easy to me Genzaimu is correct again in as much as we don't use it THAT often. I hope this helps.
  • midnight_tiger profile picture midnight_tigerFebruary 2014
    Hello! Thank you, it's very helpful. You are correct, the personages are not the humans, they are the odd vintage robots who use a plethora of the robotic allusions in their songs and jokes
genzaimu profile picture genzaimuFebruary 2014
The dialogue demonstrates incomprehensible to me, so I am unsure how to answer your question with the possible aid of it, but mostly no one would use indefatigable as a choice of word unless they already have planned beforehand to use it or have been using it frequently. Also, indefatigable is an adjective, so saying the word itself does make much sense, but I guess that is the point of the dialogue.

I know when I first saw this word in this post it took me some tries to finally pronounce the word correctly and easily. It is not really a tongue twister. In-de-fa-tig-a-ble
  • midnight_tiger profile picture midnight_tigerFebruary 2014
    Thank you for your answer! If "indefatigable" isn't a usual part of everyday speech, than maybe they used this one as an example of a whimsical word