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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Ayahuascasoul]
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Never worry about being too smart, sheekle.  They either get it or they don't.


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: mpd]
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Analyzing your initial post I have concluded that your peers undeniably perceive your demeanor as supercilious.

Seriously, I think you're either hanging out with morons or it's all in your head. I've had people say, "Damn, [mantis], you use a lot of big words, don't you? You're like a scientist." I've never had anyone bash me for it. If they did I would have no choice but to fervently pontificate.


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: mpd]
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mpd said:
Never worry about being too smart, sheekle.  They either get it or they don't.




Yeah like um, I really don't like uh know, yeah. I mean like, intellectual conversation and um big words and stuff like fancy words an shit, ya know?


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: mantis]
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Please enlighten yourselves here.  If you need to get an idea out that involves a word that's not heard in your typical conversation, throw in a synonym or the quick-to explanation right after the word.  You won't look like the supposed, pretentious asshat you think you are, and the idea will get across.


The Shroomery making things more complicated as usual.  Check.


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Ayahuascasoul]
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i understand the op completely.

when i was still hanging out with my drug-buddies i had to dumb my speach down to keep from sounding pretentious.

really though, the reason "big words" are great, is because they are highly accurate usually and have a very specific, concise meaning.

so as long as everyone in the conversation knows what the particular word means, theres no reason not to use it and communicate your thoughts more accurately.

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Adolin]
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I see multiple levels of social intelligence at play.

At one level, the speaker has a limited range of vocabulary and thus is unable to correctly use or understand many words that others use.

At another level, the speaker has an expanded vocabulary, in which he or she has thoughts, which he or she expresses verbatim regardless of the context in which the expression occurs.

At yet another level, the speaker has an expanded vocabulary, in which he or she thinks; however, the speaker makes an attempt to encode his or her thoughts into an expression which will be understood by the listener, in order to facilitate the most meaningful communication.

While it is true that having an expanded vocabulary allows communicants to increase the precision of meaning being transmitted, it is also true that using vocabulary with which the listener is not familiar not only fails to facilitate the transmission of meaning but can also negatively impact communicant rapport.

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: morrowasted]
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i agree that making things relatable to every1  is a gr8 idea n stuff


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: morrowasted]
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Yeah I've heard people talk that use words or figures of speech in ways that they don't really fit. To me it makes it seem like they're trying to sound smart but using words that aren't quite suitable to the situation and it ends up having the reverse effect of what they intended..

At least that's what I thought, until recently when I met someone who tends to use the same figures of speech in the same situations so they have an idea of how to use them but the way they use them doesn't make sense to me, yet they are consistent in the way they use them. If that makes sense, so maybe to them it seems it fits and that's just how they learned it? They're also from a different place than where I'm from so who knows:shrug:


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Sheekle] * 1
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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: A Day InThe Life]
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A Day InThe Life said:
Yeah I've heard people talk that use words or figures of speech in ways that they don't really fit. To me it makes it seem like they're trying to sound smart but using words that aren't quite suitable to the situation and it ends up having the reverse effect of what they intended..

At least that's what I thought, until recently when I met someone who tends to use the same figures of speech in the same situations so they have an idea of how to use them but the way they use them doesn't make sense to me, yet they are consistent in the way they use them. If that makes sense, so maybe to them it seems it fits and that's just how they learned it? Who knows :shrug:


I would say this an effect of the first class of people trying their darndest to measure up to the second class of people.

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Sheekle]
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Can't polish a turd


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: DustBunny]
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People used to refer to me as "the smart one", but I had a hard time connecting socially. This is because I couldn't code-switch. Now people find me to be much more relatable.

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Sheekle]
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Sheekle said:
Why does everyone always assume the worst?






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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Prisoner#1]
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With my pierced nipples that shirt would work perfectly!


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
Sheekle said:
Why does everyone always assume the worst?







that's the best shirt ever


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"Ur cat died because he hated u" - Koods
"I hope JSB kicks your ass one day." - Vandago
"you are the biggest 'internet guy' I have ever come across"- Jokeshopbeard
"The more I see you post the more I realize you're just this fuckin tie dye loser who trolls the Shroomery 24/7." - Herbologist
"Sheekle you cannot vile the dice of bullshit you have posted on this forum over the years, I like databases" - thelastoneleft
"or maybe i just come from a blood line of superior intelligence" - trees

R.I.P Kelsy, ?/?/?? - 6/11/16

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: OhMrJohnson] * 1
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OhMrJohnson said:
That's how you can tell if they're stupid




this. I've gotten the same shit from people back in my hometown on occasion too where they think I'm a stuck up bitch because I wear a nice coat and say big words.


If I don't know the meaning of a word and can't figure it out from the context then I usually stop the person and ask what the word means. I was living with a bunch of people getting masters degrees from an ivy league school at one point, so a lot of times we got drunk and discussed obscure intellectual topics some of which would go right over my 20 year old head at the time, and they never ever chastised me for pausing and asking them what a word meant or to clarify something.

How the fuck else are you supposed to get smarter if you're afraid to ask questions and learn new things?


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: pirate-blues]
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You're a NERD Sheekle. Neeeeerd!

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: pirate-blues]
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i lied about this thread and don't remember the last time anyone thought i was trying to show them up except maybe it happenedtoday which made me make the thread and i remember it happening before or something i don't remember


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"Ur cat died because he hated u" - Koods
"I hope JSB kicks your ass one day." - Vandago
"you are the biggest 'internet guy' I have ever come across"- Jokeshopbeard
"The more I see you post the more I realize you're just this fuckin tie dye loser who trolls the Shroomery 24/7." - Herbologist
"Sheekle you cannot vile the dice of bullshit you have posted on this forum over the years, I like databases" - thelastoneleft
"or maybe i just come from a blood line of superior intelligence" - trees

R.I.P Kelsy, ?/?/?? - 6/11/16

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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: Sheekle]
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I feel you on that sheekle.
One time i was ridin around with this girl from the city and it was raining... and i was like "damn... sure is a melancholy day today"
And she was like "Well arent you fancy wit your big words and wut not"
And i was like "You mean melancholy?? Woman youre 30 years old and you think melancholy is a BIG WORD??" :beatingtodeath:

Damn.. crucify me for throwing some color into my language. :notcoolman:


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Re: Whenever I use cool big fancy words people act like i'm trying to show them up or something [Re: LSDreams]
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Being articulate is good, but unnecessary use of words which share  a more common synonym is just pretentious, mostly. Like in art class the insist on using 'maquette' to mean model, which is simply using the french equivalent... it doesn't signify anything different, its literally the same word. Fucking artists


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