sometimes, the people i’m around make me feel dumb. i understand that many people excel in one or the other sort of thing and my thing is animals. i don’t know much about the law, or about politics, or about history… so maybe if i use bigger words, sometimes people won’t look at me like i’m retarded for not caring so much about things that i’m not interested in.
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How I did it: Subscribed to http://www.wordofthedayblog.com/I used the words as much as i could, but make sure you know the meaning, because there is nothing worse than being asked what it means and not being able to explain. Read how I did it…
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From ‘Stop Swearing’.
I figure the more words I have to work with the less likely i’ll be to use the lazy ones =)
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Thank you Dan Brown!
I’ve found that keeping a notepad about me when reading or watching intelligent TV comes in handy for jotting down any words I don’t know, typing ‘define:’ followed by a word into Google shows up definitions for that word, e.g: define:extemporaneously.
Caitlyn The great world power has not yet found the weapon to destroy dreams.
I need an effective plan to integrate this into my life. Perhaps I can think up some alternatives for when I’m angry?
eightofeight is clearing her mind, heart soul and life of clutter, little by little
I deracinated myself and moved 3,000 miles away from home.
1. To pluck up by the roots; to uproot.
2. To displace from one’s native or accustomed environment.
deracinate \dee-RAS-uh-nayt\, transitive verb:
eightofeight is clearing her mind, heart soul and life of clutter, little by little
A polyhistor.
(pol-ee-HIS-tuhr) noun, also polyhistorian
A person of great or wide learning.
It’s one of my goals, though.
Aidey Nolan cant wait till the ball!
so i can say fancy words and prove people wrong. im not just a hick. im a hick with a big vocab.
eightofeight is clearing her mind, heart soul and life of clutter, little by little
The study of animals’ behaviors in their natural environments.




