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The idea of word use being pretentious is self-absorbed and anti-intellectual. I occasionally use the word "extant" because it's part of my vocabulary and is th
by jibal 8y ago
The idea of word use being pretentious is self-absorbed and anti-intellectual. I occasionally use the word "extant" because it's part of my vocabulary and is the best word to express its meaning, not to impress people that I don't even know exist prior to their complaint that using some word that is unfamiliar or uncommon to them is "pretentious".
- pertymcpert 8y agoCalm down. I only meant it in the sense that the sound of the word itself seems pretentious. All about the sound. It wasn't a character judgment.