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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have these metal file cabinet/shelf things in our office and some guy insists on calling them "credenzas."[/quote]

Maybe he insists on calling them credenzas because they are credenzas? The definition of "credenza" is "those desk-height office-furniture things that you put stuff in and that go along a wall".[/quote]

NP. Interesting. I didn't know that usage. All my life, I've heard it used to describe those wide, heavy dining room cabinets that are about waist or chest high. No one seems to have them anymore.

I've always tended to use words that people find pretentious simply because they're not core vocabulary. They're not ten-dollar words, they're just a little more specific or subtle in meaning than the most broad and commonly used terms.  I was always reading old books as a kid, and lived inside my head a lot. I was mocked enough that I learned to censor myself. I don't censor my vocabulary around my kids, so they've absorbed a lot. They don't read much, though. :([/quote]

So because you don't know the meaning of a word, your office mate is pretentious?[/quote]

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