A great idea. See, the point is to be understood by everyone. Nothing is gained by making crazy sentences out of words that most people have never heard of.

A great idea. See, the point is to be understood by everyone. Nothing is gained by making crazy sentences out of words that most people have never heard of. Is that supposed to impress people? I had a friend who seemed to start replacing dead-simple phrases like “seriously!?” with “are you being facetious!?”. Ugh, this doesn’t help at all. It will either scream “hey, everyone, I learned a new word!!!” to the people who know what you said, or “say what!?” to anyone else; and they will be too busy parsing your words to hear whatever you say next. And this advice isn’t because everyone you meet will be 6 years old or a high school drop-out. Simple words are: (1) WAY easier to pick up for everyone, and (2) many people are not using their native language, including very smart people in fields where people like big words.