What word makes you feel sophisticated when you say it?
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ineffable
besotted sagacious |
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Indeed
Duly noted At University or Hospital without “the” |
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| I digress… |
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whisper property
Graff |
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petulant
sans daft dolt feather-brained |
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Words I grew up hearing and now use myself…
Lagniappe Ennui Ablutions Turophile Remonstrate Superannuated Quash (which people rarely use, and instead use squash) Supine (she used to call my elementary school principal Me. Supine, a play in his actual name Scupine) Halcyon She also like to use phrases from a variety of literary and historical sources (shuffle off this mortal coil; there is a time for many words, and there is a time for sleep; suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…etc etc) Now that my mom has Alzheimer’s it’s nice to remember these and realize the gift she gave me of encouraging literacy (we used to have the word of the day calendars etc and many a dinner conversation involves getting an encyclopedia to check something)…. She had an incredible |
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| Nefarious (when I’m gossiping) |