Originally Posted by ltppowell
It a really dumb thing to do, unless you're intent is to use it as some sort of code.

Spot on.

It gives some people a feeling of superiority. They tend to be arrogant.

Others were just raised in an academic environment, a leftover from the times and beliefs that an education was a good thing and that it would make your life better.

Now it is used by the first type mentioned to place themselves above the rest of us. Don't speak their lingo? Get away, you unwashed masses.

Big words were meant to be more precise and exacting. I believe the Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution spurred research into metallurgy and chemistry, and thus education in general. To get your non mathematical ideas across though post of book, you had to use the exactly correct words. It was an scientific and academic arms race into the Age of Imperialism.

All this exactness and precision are useless when trying to get a point across to my wife. It is folly to try.

Last edited by Ranger_Green; 06/13/21.

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