/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15958634]

>that time you learned a new word in a book, tried using it in real life and came off as a pretentious pseud

[Old Man No.15958643]

>>15958634
>that time you used a big word and didn't care how you came off

[Anonymous No.15958663]

>>15958634
>that time you quoted a Greek or Roman author in real life and no one understood what you said

[Anonymous No.15958665]

>>15958634
>that time when you were an underage insecure teenager caring about what people think of your vocabulary
yeah i moved on from that phase of my life op you'll move on too

[Anonymous No.15958667]

Oh anon, you're such a luddite!

[Anonymous No.15958684]

>that time you rattled off about the epicurean world during a beer pong match

[Anonymous No.15958698]

If you have to try that's how it will always end up, whether you realise it or not. If you actually know a word you'll use it suitably and without thinking. If anyone complains shame them for being retards.

[Anonymous No.15958769]

>>15958634
>that time you learned a new word in a book, tried using it in real life and looked like a retard because you pronounced it incorrectly

[Anonymous No.15958801]

>>15958634
>Start reading Leviathan
>Learn a new word
>Try using it in casual conversation, smirk when the normie I'm talking to doesn't know it
>He googles it
>(archaic), (obsolete)

[Anonymous No.15958810]

>>15958801
You forgot the pic, here it is

[Anonymous No.15958820]

Last night I got drunk at a party and revealed my /lit/ power level. This is why I have no friends.

[Anonymous No.15958837]

>>15958634

>that time you unleashed floccinaucinihilipilification but were promptly reminded that you are the only one among your friend group who did not go to Eton

[Anonymous No.15958875]

>that time you were arguing with your parents, tried to use some obscure pseudo-philosophical jargon to confuse them and make them feel stupid and they beat the shit out of you

[Anonymous No.15958876]

>>15958769
>that time you thought the word you heard others say and the the word you read were two different words for twenty years

[Anonymous No.15958918]

>that time you made a purposefully pretentious fluffed up statement ironically as a joke but your pseud friends thought you meant it and accused you of being a pseud

[Anonymous No.15958939]

>learn new word
>already forgotten its meaning by the next day

[Anonymous No.15959010]

>>15958918
Your friends sound quite shallow and pedantic

[Anonymous No.15959020]

>>15958634
>use a big word
>someone asks you what it means
>know how to use it in the correct context but can't give the literal definition without looking it up
>end up verbally fumbling, trying to describe it the best you can
>they still don't get it

[Anonymous No.15959052]

>>15958875
>that time you were arguing with your parents and you were right so they beat the shit out of you and told you to show respect because they pay the bills, then sent you to your room

[Anonymous No.15959110]

>>15959010
Yes, much like myself.

[Anonymous No.15959116]

>>15958634
me every time I read a french book

[Anonymous No.15959136]

i pronounced stoic as stoyc

[Anonymous No.15959155]

>>15959136
I pronounced Ahab as Aha-b

[Anonymous No.15959162]

>>15959136
I pronounced epitome "epi-tohm"

[Anonymous No.15959178]

>>15959136
i pronounced descartes as descartes

[Anonymous No.15959197]

>tfw called someone a nigger irl
>Later learned that this was actually a racial slur

[Anonymous No.15959212]

>>15959162
Wait that's actually better

[Anonymous No.15959334]

>>15958634
>that time you used "niggardly" and it was misheard

[Anonymous No.15959360]

>>15959334
>when you play euchre with a group outside of your family and pronounce renege "re-nig"

[Anonymous No.15959384]

>>15959020
Sounds like your friends don’t understand how language works.
“yeah okay, define ‘conjunction’ in two words or less, you fucking psued“

[Anonymous No.15959600]

>>15959384
Lol and

[Anonymous No.15959614]

>>15958801
>have an autistic fit and accidentally say "rooves" instead of "roofs"
>friend calls me a retard
>google "rooves", it's archaic and extremely rare, but it exists
>mfw

[Anonymous No.15959663]

>>15959614
kek

[Anonymous No.15959675]

>>15958634
That image doesn't match your text. Pepe is fucking melting.

[Anonymous No.15959684]

>>15958634
I used the word lacedaemonian.

[Anonymous No.15959699]

>>15959334
>mfw the looks I got when I used "kook" to refer to someone

they were Asian btw

[Anonymous No.15959713]

>>15959684
Your vocabulary is anything but Spartan.