Thanks Carl. I love how you italicized those words as if they weren't English because they may as well NOT be. I had to look up those first two 'p' words and was pleasantly surprised to find they were compliments rather than insults. Thanks baby!
In what context would someone use either of those 'p' words, other than trying to be a pretentious douche?
I'm genuinely curious. I'm gonna take a graduate entrance exam in June and need to know how to learn all them pretty words quick -- hopefully without having to do something crazy like take up reading 19th century novels.
Originally Posted by Sensual Sophia
My mom used to tell me I was perspicacious, but she was an English teacher and used all kinds of big words. She also used words like pusillanimous, anathema, concordantly, facetious, bellicose, etc. When I was eight. She doesn't really do that any more, so I think she did it because I had a habit of looking up the words she used and then reading the dictionary for an extended period of time (and of course I couldn't bother her while I was busy reading). I still read the dictionary sometimes when I go to look something up, but that's probably just my ADD kicking in.
In answer to your query, if you want to do well, you'll need to overcome your sesquipedalophobia by assiduously and fastidiously studying the dictionary and hope you don't suffer from lethologica on test day, though I hear you're quite indefatigable, so I'm sure you're up to the task. I hope you won't execrate me or think me garrulous or abstruse--I'm normally quite taciturn in person and would hate to think this ostentatious lexical display might cost me the opportunity to someday behold your supernal curves in person.
P.S. Or you could just become friends with several pretentious douches and look up whatever words they use that you don't know. I'm available if you ever need a "language lesson." No charge.