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27 Feb 2013, 5:59 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
GnothiSeauton wrote:
All the "big words" are an intellectual shortcut for the more educated.


Yeah, the art of sounding smart without nessisarily being smart....not to mention it sure helps take up space for those 5 page or longer college essays without being obvious :twisted:


Sometimes the big words can more accurately express what you're trying to say.


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27 Feb 2013, 7:04 pm

one big word can be worth a thousand little words.