Now, I enjoy using big words to make others feel stupid and/or uncultured as much as the next person. I also understand that every day a man has fewer and fewer socially acceptable ways to demonstrate to potential mates how desirable his genetic material really is. However, there’s a fine line between being erudite and, ya know, trying way too hard.
- Erudite. Yeah, yeah. I know I just said it … I do not have a dick. See how that works?
- Rubric. Dude, this sounds fancy, but it’s so fucking vague you might as well start making up your own words. Well, I found Richard Dawkins’ last book a little egloserous. At least then you’d get points for creativity and flat-out ballsy-ness.
- Copacetic. I know this one seems like it can’t miss. It’s four syllables, and it’s used a lot in alterna-rock/hip hop/rap songs. Can you say street cred? Umm … yeeeeeeeeeeah.
- Praxis. Praxis? Really? And I suppose you can tell me how this is different from a plain old practice or custom. Mhmm.
- Heuristics. I’ve saved my personal favorite for last, and I don’t think it needs much explanation. It’s the verbal equivalent of driving a bright yellow Hummer … with a pair of bumper balls.
Why, god, why?
Sweet Lord. That bumper balls site is wonderful. I especially love the hackish job they did using MS paint to put the same license plate over all the original in each pic. Also, notice that one of the cars with bumper balls is being pulled from an icy lake, though it fits the modern praxis (that word might be the hight of ivory tower want to be snobbery) of redneckery, so the sitch is copacetic (who the fuck would seriously use that word in a sentence, spoken or written?).
Also, I love that you blogging rubric is to provide knowledge to your readers, both directly (using your erudite grasp of the english language) and heuristically (e.g., by giving us the link to bumper balls, instead of simply telling us what they are [on a side note, I think I need to scrub my brain clean with formaldehyde after viewing that site])
Umm…yah, them words is pretty lame!! You kinda sound like an idiot, stretching to sound smart when you use them. I also hate writes who do that. It is a particular failing of british authors. Meh.
I recognized two of those words and only know how to pronounce one of them. By your standard I’m feelin pretty well hung right now.
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