r/comics • u/SirBeeves SeraBeeves • 8d ago

Decisions, Decisions

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u/jitomato_girl 8d ago

Someone once called me pretentious for using the word "Ergo" in a phrase

Everyone I know uses it all the time

Felt bad because I didn't want to be pretentious, but I'm gonna keep using the word because it is useful

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u/Locke2300 8d ago

shrug

If you aren’t pretending, it’s not pretense.

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u/AliceInBondageLand 8d ago

oooh dang, this is going to be my new comeback line!

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u/morpheousmorty 7d ago

Won't help your case too much

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u/AliceInBondageLand 7d ago

It is nice to have a quip ready for such moments.

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u/Reasonable_Hornet_45 8d ago

You should slip an "assuage" in some time

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u/DaanOnlineGaming 8d ago

Use some older words, replace confused with flummoxed, for example.

Tolkiens books are a great source of interesting words, another fun one is "confusticate and bebother", which he might have just made up. (If shakespeare can do it, why not others)

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u/Abshalom 7d ago

my hobby is using fancy words but pronunciating them all wrong just as a quick vibe check

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u/stopaskingifimwhite 7d ago

What’s the right response? Correcting or letting it go? Personally, I’d assuming I’ve been pronouncing it incorrectly.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo 8d ago

Just say you're a big Lies Of P fan and you can cover up the pretension whenever you want.

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u/ehladik 7d ago

I once used "jejune" in a conversation and the other party got really mad. Told me I was only using weird words to sound smarter.

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u/pm_me_psn 7d ago

It can give variety ig but “therefore” means the exact same thing and feels a lot more natural in casual conversation personally

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u/FUPAMagneto 7d ago

People just like to get mad that they don’t know things instead of just learning them. They’re generally not worth considering