What word makes you feel sophisticated when you say it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not just a word:

"Sorry, I was inconsiderate and did not see things from your perspective. I apologize."

[Anonymous]

Pardon instead of "what"

[Anonymous]

copacetic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:British accents make everything sound fancy to me. I like they way they say secretary, laboratory, observatory, etc.

This is my theory as to why most people get further/farther wrong. They like the way further sounds (because it's more British) but generally they mean farther.

[Anonymous]

sophistry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ballet (with the accent on the FIRST syllable)

Just like in Center Stage! The BAllet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 to dialectic
Benzodiazepine
inflection point
finance (with the accent on the second syLLAble)

How often does this one come up?

[Anonymous]

Umbrage
Hubris

[Anonymous]

Libations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 to dialectic
Benzodiazepine
inflection point
finance (with the accent on the second syLLAble)

How often does this one come up?

"Everything came second to the benzos..."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:kerfuffle

I say this often and get made fun of haha.

I don't think it sounds sophisticated, more like, old british granny

I think it makes you sound like Dr. Seuss.

OMG! I just read this at work and laughed super loud and now they know I'm not working 🙃

[Anonymous]

I like hearing people use these words and I don't understand why it bothers others but I am well aware it does so I curtail my speech when needed. Sometimes when a $5 word is all you can think of and you are mentally trying to dumb down your speech you end up using a $10 word. I think it's a bigger issue for people who speak multiple languages because the big English word is the more common cognate in the other language.

[Anonymous]

Onus

[Anonymous]

methodologies

[Anonymous]

Memorabilia