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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm in this picture and i... am ambivalent.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your specificity here isn't needless. You did the meme wrong.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Balderdash, the specificity employed in this context was superfluous in comparison to the minimum required for conveying his emotional response to the situation.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 56 points 2 years ago (3 children)

An ex once told me her mother wasn’t a fan because talking to me was like talking to a thesaurus.

Yeah, well, Donna, your daughter decided to start fucking me because I was the only person who could consistently beat her at words with friends.

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Words with friends with benefits

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I had a girlfriend try to make me speak differently because I embarrassed her by using big words in front of others. The company you keep eh?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I both

  • do that too, and
  • can also see how it comes across as pretentious.
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Back then I was a mess socially. I'm still an introvert but I code switch like a pro. I only break out the big vocab with close friends who know I'm not trying to look smart.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

There's an episode of Northern Exposure where a young woman says to Ed "give me your words" in a very sexual way. It's outrageously funny, and simultaneously insightful.

If you've never watched it, the writers are all about studying people, warts and all. Very thought-provoking.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's interesting, they used to think that having a big vocabulary or knowing multiple languages delayed having Alzheimer's. It turns out that family often first become aware that a person is developing Alzheimer's because the person starts regularly forgetting common words, but people with big vocabularies can come up with alternatives when they can't remember one, so their family doesn't recognize it as early. When those people are diagnosed, they end up being further along.

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[–] drewaustin@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy crap, I thought I was the only one.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 25 points 2 years ago

Consecrated fecal material, I entertained the notion that I had embarked upon this adventure without companions!

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i like when people use big words cause then i can learn a new word. it's nice knowing words to say stuff with

[–] Caesium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

i like using big words as an excuse to teach them!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same energy as "your English is so good". No, I just don't know normal words.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

I just don't know normal words.

As an ESL, I felt that in my bones. One time my boss asked me to get the pail to water the plants and my only exposure to that word had been the wailmer pail from the Pokémon games that I misremembered as a "whalepail". It was awkward trying to explain why I was stumped.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"This is a complex subject with a lot of subtleties. We have to choose the right words to make sure we avoid misunderstandings. Any sufficiently developed topic has a language all its own."

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sir, this is literally a Wendy's.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We were arguing about putting fries in the frosty. I was against it because it's structurally unsound.

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[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Blasphemous. Dipping fries into the Frosty improves both the fries and the Frosty.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me go caveman mode. Talk dumb. As coping mechanism.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

mek nism like many rock work together

[–] wfh@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Sometimes boss is self. Sometimes boss is man. Sometimes boss is rock who thinks with lightning.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My oldest bitches about me doing this constantly. ‘We haven’t learned that yet’. ‘Sorry it’s all the voices gave me’.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Had a hard time changing the context to having kids versus you being an eloquent pimp.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Shit I almost choked.

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

I write a lot of fantasy, and that definitely affects my practical vocabulary. I don't think the specificity is needless though, especially in English, this Frankenstein of cognates and loaner words. You have so many options because the human experience is so diverse and multifaceted. Clarity helps, and it makes language more beautiful, something we should all strive for

[–] BluesF@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Damn, no one ever put it into words like that but this describes me perfectly

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

This is me for sure. XD

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

It gets worse the more deviations you get away from the mean:

Scientists and other academics who often pride themselves on their rhetoric act in peculiar ways when they're challenged on their assumptions with sources.

Normally, you'd expect the open-minded to be like: "Wow, that's something I hadn't considered! Thanks for expanding my intellectual horizons!"

Instead its: "You completely invalidated my work, you fuckwit! We're going to lose funding!"

Always be kind to everyone you meet. C:

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I never pontificated like that, but you're utterly correct.

I find it inconceivable that when I stirred from my bedchamber this morning, that I would find myself with an appeal to my senses that would brighten my day.

obliged

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's me, but also with english words instead of my native language's ones.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I've noticed that many fluent English speakers who had a different native language come across as better speakers than English natives.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

There was a Basic Instructions comic about exactly this, but unfortunately the only thing I can remember about it is that the protagonist describes someone's hair as "turgid" and "basic instructions turgid hair" isn't getting many relevant results.

Also, is "chariots chariots" related to the rest of the post or am I just oblivious?

edit: s/coming/comic

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[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

chariots chariots

Oh, good. We've got Prime Cave Johnson this time!

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