learn more obscure words to make people feel stupid

Obdurate

meaning: Hardened against feeling; hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion; showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

ex: “Today the chocolate eclair stared obdurately back at me from the refrigerator, taunting my weakness with its very presence.”

Apocryphal

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erroneous, fictitious, of questionable authority or questionable authenticity

Ex: “the year 1999 was fraught with apocryphal Y2K predictions”

or

“your sphere of knowledge is apocryphal at best”

Staple words of the verbally superior describing things that suck:

Vapid / Insipid – Dull, drab, colorless, zestless, tasteless

Inane – Stupid, absurd, daft, lacking sense or substance

Obtuse – lacking intellect or sensitivity

Hackneyed / Trite – Overused and commonplace

Banal – Dreary, commonplace, predictable

Pedomorphic

meaning: childish, immature

Example: Rosanne Barr’s pedomorphic rendition of the National Anthem was offensive.