Other Do You Use "Fancy" Vocab?

[Folklord]

I use “sentence enhancers”. That’s fancy, yeah?

 

[WolfSol]

I like to use fancy words to make myself appear smart. Photosynthesis. BAM.

Nah, in writing I tend to use eloquent or wordy words (whut) sporadically. I'm not typically audible with them though.

 

[Patchlock]

I use it when my partner prefers loner responses and I don't know what else to say, I make the sentences longer with the more descriptive words.

 

[Silvana]

I generally stay away from using "lavish" words unless I am writing an essay.

 

[AnimeGenork]

I like to use fancy words to make myself appear smart. Photosynthesis. BAM.

Nah, in writing I tend to use eloquent or wordy words (whut) sporadically. I'm not typically audible with them though.

A friend of mine once said "photosynthesis" in a sentence to sound smart, too. XD

 

[Emotional Enigma]

I enjoy using the word pulchritude. It means beauty but it’s so weird lol

 

[Wendigo_]

It depends on the situation for me I guess. For example, I could've replaced "situation" with "scenario" or "guess" with "suppose" in my first sentence and it would've sounded much more verbose, but that'd be pointless since I'm writing a casual response to a thread, not writing an essay for a college application.
If I'm presenting or having conversations with well-education people or people I want to make an impression on, I'll speak in a way that makes me sound more eloquent. Otherwise, I'll just talk in a casual manner. It keeps things simple and I don't run the risk of sounding pretentious.

 

[Cosmos]

My mother was an english teacher so all the time I say some random word an all ma friends are like-….. what? //OvO// *flips table*

 

[marshmarrow]

I usually use complex words in research and argumentative papers, not necessarily to demonstrate the fact I can use them, but because it's the appropriate word to use when factoring in my audience, subject matter, and manner of writing. This applies to the way I talk as well.

I love to learn new words, and I often try to use a new word at least once in conversation. However, as an introvert, I'm less inclined to use complex words when talking to my peers.

 

[Idea]

As someone who is interested in both writing and philosophy, plus having been a bookworm as a child, I find myself simply naturally slipping "fancy" words into my posts and conversations. This mostly occurs either when I'm trying to diverse a post so that I don't repeat the same words over and over again (not that I never do that for the sake of being more expressive about certain aspects of the character's mindset) or when I'm trying to be specific about the implications of the words I am using.

 

[mooncake]

only in writing if needed, i don't really care enough to when i'm being casual lol.

 

[RedEmRa]

Sporadically

 

[Neon Valkyrie]

In quintessential confabulation I gravitate toward the colloquial, with intermittent sesquipedalian episodes.

 

[Gabe]

I used to say or write fancy words in Portuguese(my native language) when I was younger, but my mother said that I sounded uncanny and that it'd be better if I stopped. I was confused at the time, but I realized that sometimes people feel that you're more approachable when you speak the way they do.

Nowadays I usually adapt my way of speaking according to the people I'm with.

 

[lunax]

I think it really depends on who I'm talking to and what we're talking about. I can thank my habit of reading anything and everything for giving me a pretty large vocabulary, but I usually don't use "fancy" words in every day conversations. I usually keep that vocabulary for when I'm speaking in class discussions or writing papers. It really just depends on the situation.

 

[Lotus Thalia]

I tend to use the fancy words whenever I'm trying to be serious, otherwise I speak very casually. People tend to give me funny looks otherwise. That makes it awkward. So awkward.