Yeah !! Like the other day my friend was like "I put too much sugar in my kool-aid" and i was like "dilute it with water" and they said "what it with water???" -_- like seriously. dilute isnt even that big of a word. they're lucky i didnt break out a bigger word on them. i have a bunch of useless big words stored in my brain lol :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not necessarily how big of a word it is, but how common it is. If you don't hear it in everyday conversation, they probably have no idea what you're talking about.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thats true

by Anonymous 13 years ago

depends on how big and obscure the word is

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Every time I use "gargantuous" someone looks at me like I'm from another planet.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's why you say 'dumbify it please' instead of 'english please'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You bother me too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You also bother me...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If a person I don't like says that, I say, "I am, but I'll translate to dumbass for you"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

siuation 1) You're not a native English speaker, therefore you've studied it intensively and had trouble adapting to an English environment. I got that too. It's ok, it's because they speak it as a language and you speak it as someone who has studied it way too much. situation 2)you're a doodoohead. I hate it when people use pompous words so they'll feel smarter.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not about "feeling smarter." I know larger words, and if they work better than a smaller one, I'm going to use it instead. The English language has thousands of words, so why shouldn't we use more of them?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's a difference between an eclectic vocabulary and "large words". Most people who are proud of using "large words" are usually using them in a forced manner to sound more of an intellectual. On the other hand, I once got a lower grade on an assignment for "trying too hard". After confronting my teacher I found out she considered "flabbergasting" proof of my writing that paper with a dictionary in front...>.> Not restricted to English either. Sometimes I'll get into these circles where i don't get what people are saying, despite my having somehwat of an extended vocabulary. I usually have to ask for a summary, and realise that they're just using a gazillion fancy words to hide the fact that they really don't have much to say. (there are certain keywords that give them away. The most common one is "hermeneutics")

by Anonymous 13 years ago