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I guess I always assumed that big-vocabulary is a sort of classism. It's no secret that people think that those who use large words and complex sentences see th

I guess I always assumed that big-vocabulary is a sort of classism. It's no secret that people think that those who use large words and complex sentences see themselves as superior (e.g the atlantic). I know so many people who are very emotionally invested in "correct" grammar/english (semicolons, their/there, oxford comma) but only up to the point that they know and then are annoyed by those who take it 10% further than they.

k_roy 4y ago
> It's no secret that people think that those who use large words and complex sentences see themselves as superior (e.g the atlantic). I have a big vocabulary. Huge. Some might say the biggest ever. Point being, I don't use large words out of any sense of superiority, despite apparently everybody knowing that I do this to feel superior. In fact, I feel like an ass when someone pulls out the "Well, that's a huge word". It's embarrassing on multiple levels, and certainly not something I would strive to do on purpose. So once this has happened once or twice, I might stick to simple sentences. Am I really being classist here? Come on