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little_girl_lost Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 i enjoy learning new vocabulary words so I can add them to my speech to feel better about myself using them to people who don't know what they mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TICcore Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 No. I get excited when a see a hot girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Only sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Not really, unless it's a word that feels more fitting than any other word I previously used to describe the same feeling or situation. Sometimes certain words, like verisimilitude, feel like I'm applying baggage to a sentence, but I'm honestly pleased with my usage of verisimilitude here because this is the first time I've felt like I've had a reason to use that word. I do get really excited when language is used in a way that's surprising/emotionally exact though, like in Grace Paley's short work titled Wants: "He had had a habit throughout the twenty-seven years of making a narrow remark which, like a plumber’s snake, could work its way through the ear down the throat, half-way to my heart. He would then disappear, leaving me choking with equipment." I never re-read that and don't feel astonished by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudasai Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I can't read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I already know all words. their context when being used however I do not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I already know all words. their context when being used however I do not That seems like a lot of time spent reading multiple dictionaries over and over, updating every year when new words are added in light of popular use by the language's speakers. Unless you're a professional Scrabble player. Then it would be strangely feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I just randomly stuff info in my head and sort it out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See how excited I was. And I instantly try to shoehorn it into conversation. But seriously, I was extremely excited when I first heard the word vexatious.......It described so many things that I overused it until I hate that word now and it's my own fucking fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I just randomly stuff info in my head and sort it out later. Yeah, but that seems like a lot of restuffing info into your head, too. Also, all words? What about defunct words that you might still find in old work but still have definitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 it can be anything really words or ideas or whatever. I love them old words. I sometimes try to use them still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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