word!

Over the last few days, I’ve been flexing my ‘writing chops’ so to speak, creating a whole whopping three neatly arranged original content. It got me thinking of something though, which is more sinister on the whole.

I noticed that my writing and as well as those I showed it to, that my writing was sprinkled with many ‘big’ and ‘colorful’ words. Why should that matter? I suppose it shouldn’t matter in the least bit, but it’s very debatable. At what point do you cross the line from being bold and powerful and just appear as a smart ass or know it all?

I have always liked big and unique words. It’s almost as fun to look up a new word you’ve never heard used before than to ignore it or just assume it means a certain something based upon context it was used in. After investing so much into learning about such words, they often become engrained in the brain and occasionally spill forth into unexpected oral and written communications. Also it seems that people often use big words to impress/intimidate colleagues and friends. Heck, try reading legalese, you wonder sometimes what planet they’re describing when in fact they might just be describing you neighbor in unflattering terms, even he wouldn’t he was being insulted with.

Why say

‘I hate you’,

when you can say

‘Your actions have deeply troubled me to no end’?

As they say, hate is such a strong word. Isn’t that neat?

Of course, others whose vocabulary would consist of more swear words than words of actual meaning often take offense. I think they’re missing out on expressing themselves fully. But they’d tell you to just shut your big ugly face up! 🙂