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| *Blow_Don't_SUCK* |
 Feb 23 2006, 01:36 AM
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Are you the type of person who, when finds out the meaning of BIG word, memorizes it and starts using it often in coversations?
Yeah I'm like that! lol what about you guys? |
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Feb 23 2006, 01:39 AM
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 define our lives for us.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 11,656 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,293 |
nah. I usually don't use it often. My vocabulary stays small. =P
For instance, when I discovered the word "blasphemy" haha.. I like worshipped that word for 2 hours. I didn't even know how to spell it right. I thought it was blasphurry or something. 
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Feb 23 2006, 01:41 AM
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I basically copy off from Mipadi and learn the words he says. lol.
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Feb 23 2006, 02:44 AM
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I bring with me those big SAT Vocabulary books so I know what college students talk about
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Feb 23 2006, 03:02 AM
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 Cockadoodledoo Mother Fcuka!!! Group: Member Posts: 1,438 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 296,088 |
i limit my vocab depending on whom im talking to.
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Feb 23 2006, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 3,459 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 328,021 |
I love vocab!
That was why I got 100% in English in 4th and 5th grade. |
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Feb 23 2006, 11:21 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
not intentionally, no. i think, that the biggest words i would use, are the ones i would use for inclass essays. but i definately don't do it on purpose.
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Feb 23 2006, 11:53 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Depends on how the word sounds.
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Feb 23 2006, 12:27 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
I guess it depends. Sometimes I do it, but unconsciously. Especially after memorizing vocab for school, the SAT, etc, it just gets stuck in my head.
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Feb 23 2006, 12:43 PM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
QUOTE(Blow_Don't_SUCK @ Feb 23 2006, 1:41 AM)  I basically copy off from Mipadi and learn the words he says. lol. ^lol for some reason that made me laugh :) Um, sometimes I do. If I really like the ring to the word or something. I like to read a lot, so sometimes I take the words I see from books and stuff. FUN, FUN. |
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| *Libertie* |
Feb 23 2006, 02:39 PM
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QUOTE(salcha @ Feb 23 2006, 1:44 AM) I bring with me those big SAT Vocabulary books so I know what college students talk about Haha, and then you talk to me. :P Nah, I really don't have a fantastic vocabulary. Just sometimes I feel really stupid using big words when most of the people around me prefer to talk normally. In writing and speaking for school, I obviously want my professors to believe that I know what I'm talking about, so I'll throw in more formal language. Otherwise I don't make an effort to sound smart. |
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Feb 23 2006, 02:49 PM
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 dakishimetainoni... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,322 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,318 |
i know "big" words but i'm afraid that if i use them in actual conversations, people won't know what i'm talking about. i always use them in papers for school.
but sometimes, i like looking around in the thesaurus for words that are out of the ordinary or sound weird and i use them in my vocabulary. |
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| *Blow_Don't_SUCK* |
Feb 23 2006, 02:56 PM
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QUOTE(KissMe2408 @ Feb 23 2006, 12:43 PM) ^lol for some reason that made me laugh :) Um, sometimes I do. If I really like the ring to the word or something. I like to read a lot, so sometimes I take the words I see from books and stuff. FUN, FUN. lol to me Mipadi is a book. I learn new words everyday! |
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Feb 23 2006, 03:08 PM
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 Day's Nearly Over Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 |
I used big words once... but no one knew what I was talking about... so I just omitted using big words from now on.
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Feb 23 2006, 04:07 PM
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Mm. It's not on purpose, but I happen to have a pretty big vocabulary, so I won't consider words unusual, yet they'll catch someone else off guard. Thus, yes i can use big words without having to feel pretentious about it, but I'm not going to try to deal with them one way or another. My friends and I often find outselves using last year's vocab words, but that's more pathetic than anything.
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Feb 23 2006, 04:33 PM
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no, not really.
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Feb 23 2006, 05:09 PM
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 Residential Crazy Child Group: Member Posts: 934 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 116,897 |
Usually my conversations don't require big words, so no. I still have a wider vocabulary than a lot of my friends. Knowing this makes me feel all tingly inside.
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Feb 23 2006, 06:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 273 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 312,806 |
Sometimes I do...
I only use them with people who will probably be able to understand them, though. |
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Feb 23 2006, 06:37 PM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
no.
besides...most big words have very specific meanings when a small word best fits the situation. at least, IMO. :P |
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Feb 23 2006, 06:56 PM
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not really.
sounding smart doesn't really boost up my confidence/self-esteem. -.-
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Feb 23 2006, 07:40 PM
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 "lal! laugh a little!" Group: Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 364,863 |
hellz ya
I'm soooo like that  --->Sierra |
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Feb 23 2006, 07:47 PM
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 the name is ada. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,688 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 334,608 |
Sometimes.
Depends whats the meaning. |
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Feb 23 2006, 07:48 PM
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Um, no. Most people find me confusing as it is.
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Feb 23 2006, 08:09 PM
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yeah, but people get on to me about that.. like saying, 'do you have to talk like that'. ya know the thing.
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Feb 23 2006, 09:16 PM
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 What a hypocrite. Group: Member Posts: 2,754 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 128,150 |
Yes'm. Like the word quintessence, the essence/the perfect example of something.
That word is a word that I use often. 
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