You get overly happy/excited when you think of a big word to use in place of a smaller word. amirite?

"You get immensely exuberant when you discover a new diction in replacement of a microscopic confabulation, accede?"

If excited was the word you wanted to use instead of happy, I think you're doing it wrong.

Indeed, it makes me considerably jovial.

Am I the only one who uses the simplest words possible while still getting the nuance?
"simplicity is sophistication"

You know you're pretentious when...