I'm not sure why so many people prefer to be smug anti-intellectuals than smug intellectuals, except maybe because it's a lot easier. I just saw this post on the KJ board that provides some perspective on the issue.
http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboar ... php?t=3606
Vocabulary help needed, please
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The audience is larger.TheConfessor wrote:I'm not sure why so many people prefer to be smug anti-intellectuals than smug intellectuals, except maybe because it's a lot easier. I just saw this post on the KJ board that provides some perspective on the issue.
http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboar ... php?t=3606
Well, then
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Re: Vocabulary help needed, please
Sesquipedalian. --BobKillerTomato wrote:I need help trying to come up with a word. I'm looking for a word that implies deliberate pomposity in word selection. Someone who specifically would say something was commodious, rather than big, f'rinstance.
Any suggestions?
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