Trevbot (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} trevbot) wrote,@ 2007-02-12 20:07:00 |
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Some words are bigger than others
It has occurred to me recently that the only way for me to compete with the vocabulary of my closest friends, I may actually have to break down and read the dictionary cover-to-cover and hope some of it sticks. I am often learning the definitions of words that I thought I once understood, and also learning of the exsistence of certain words that I never thought could be. For instance, words like superfluous (which I did understand, but never used) and prevaricate (which confounded me by its mere exsistence) are thrown around willy-nilly among my friends. I know I ain't no dummy, but my vernacular abilities do seem a little stunted in the presence of such 'verbal superstars' (to quote directly).
Time to turn to the good book.
It has occurred to me recently that the only way for me to compete with the vocabulary of my closest friends, I may actually have to break down and read the dictionary cover-to-cover and hope some of it sticks. I am often learning the definitions of words that I thought I once understood, and also learning of the exsistence of certain words that I never thought could be. For instance, words like superfluous (which I did understand, but never used) and prevaricate (which confounded me by its mere exsistence) are thrown around willy-nilly among my friends. I know I ain't no dummy, but my vernacular abilities do seem a little stunted in the presence of such 'verbal superstars' (to quote directly).
Time to turn to the good book.
