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Question: Which words do you sometimes use and you end up sounding pretentious without any intention!?
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Most of my vocabulary, probably!. I get weird looks when I speak to a lot of people!. All because I'm using my brain!

Most recently - While talking to a coworker, I used the words "indubitably", "therefore", and "inasmuch" in the same few sentences!. You'd think I grew another head judging by raised eyebrow!. (Apparently, I'm using "a lot of punctuation", again!.)

EDIT: I just got the blankest, deer-in-the-headlights stare for using the word "exacerbates" in a conversation with a teenage neighbor!. Do they teach kids anything these days!? Like how to read, or how to use a dictionary!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Y'know just proper grammar makes me feel like I am in someway elevating myself above my friends and therefore I feel the dread feeling: pretentious!. Everyone I know talks in clipped sentences, especially in texts and emails!. Sometimes it feels like a constant replaying of that Saturday Night Live clip where everyone shortened each word so as to "save" time!. Ugh!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I remember sounding incredibly pretentious in an Epistemology seminar I attended while in college!. I used the word that seemed to fit better than any other when trying to defend my understanding of belief systems: "!.!.!.!.!.!.!.(blah, blah, blah)!.!.it really is a RAPPROCHEMENT of understanding!.'

I thought I sounded like an arrogant and pretentious jerk!. It still does!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Grasshopper ;)
Actually
Generally
Not necessarily
A lot of times I use words for clarification rather than leaving a statement as an absolute!. Some take this as being pretentious, though that really isn't my intention!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hackneyed!. Most words in common usage are!. So we are left with two options: Sounding like the human equivalent of a cut & paste off a lame poet-wannabe, or be considered pretentious!. =/ whatev!.

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About 25 percent of my vocabulary!. Don't sweat it!.

Hey, that didn't sound pretentious, did it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Apparently!.
People always think I'm being mean or something!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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