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What are some words you swear people use to try and sound smart?
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Per se. Vis a vis. Erudite. Juxtaposition. Elucidate.
Oh shit, I picked up "per se" from Animal Crossing as a kid and never questioned it.
In my defense, Rover is a fucking weirdo, you'd never use a phrase you learned from him to try to sound smart.
(Most of these are pretty normal words to use and you shouldn't make a conscious effort to avoid them because some guy on the internet thinks you're pretentious.)
Lol fair. I got insecure for a second because I used to get mistaken for a snob when I was actually just terrible at wording things.