What word makes you feel sophisticated when you say it?

[Anonymous]

Antebellum

[Anonymous]

pedagogical

[Anonymous]

Hegemony

Paradigm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pardon instead of "what"

I prefer pardon, too, but never remember to say. I always end up saying the very clunky, knee-jerk, and inelegant "huh?"

[Anonymous]

Chasm

[Anonymous]

Monolith

[Anonymous]

Inscrutable, though it sounds like it should be used to describe people who are difficult to have sex with.

[Anonymous]

People seem to like writing cache, but they usually use it when they actually mean cachet.

[Anonymous]

hereditament

[Anonymous]

responding "I am well" rather than "I am good"

[Anonymous]

Consortium

[Anonymous]

Pentaverate

[Anonymous]

surfeit

[Anonymous]

High-tech

[Anonymous]

Noise