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by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 10th, 2008
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by Kteachers Pet on February 10th, 2008
pretentious
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on February 10th, 2008
Insipid
by Mimi..smiling...there is no Option Two.. on February 10th, 2008
Moi?
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 10th, 2008
Utilize.
Why not just say use???
by YellowRatBASTARD on February 11th, 2008
Campy
by aydeology on February 10th, 2008
sycophantic
basically means sucking up, brown nosing, etc.
by lobloblol is a lurker on February 10th, 2008
MASTICATE.
It just means to chew food! Gad. Also, it sounds like masturbate. So. That's why.
by Jade on February 10th, 2008
Protégé, ubiquitous and ergo
by MG1942 Has a Life Penguin on February 10th, 2008
Jacitate.
Taciturn.
by koldkanuck on February 10th, 2008
I
by eric on December 31st, 2008
gated community...okay, so that's two words.
by Shan is Purrrrrfectly Happy on December 29th, 2008
i love all forms of language ~ words are beautiful to me. i dont really think of most words as pretentious.
but if i had to pick the ones with the most pretentious connotation i would choose pretentious, highfaluting, magniloquent or me, myself & i.
by ana c on December 29th, 2008
unenlightened
by Alex P. Keaton on February 12th, 2008
"pretentious"
by Scooter on February 11th, 2008
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by Twhupfold on February 10th, 2008
Well, I can't say what the 'most' pretentious is, but one of the words that I really think people should stop using (except perhaps in very specific circumstances), is 'utilise'...
"Why do people use utilise when they could just utilise use?"
My brother was the sort of person who would always use the more complex words where available, until I said that to him : P
by Jodie44 on February 10th, 2008
Obfuscate.
by Anonymous on October 30th, 2009
Bourgeois. More pretentious than pretentious.
by Runs_With_Scissors on December 31st, 2008
"Plethora". I use it when I'm being intentionally pretentious. LOL
by Medusa on December 31st, 2008
fabulous
by Vintage... on December 31st, 2008
any kind of buzzword currently in vogue...don't get me started!
by ConservativelyLiberal on December 31st, 2008
Holy.
by Gene H on December 31st, 2008
jejune
by Galeanda on December 29th, 2008
"Me"
by Penny The Wise on February 16th, 2008
Porche
Penthouse (not the Larry Flint kind)
Protoge
by Brian on February 12th, 2008
I think it's pretentious to use legalese when you've never even thought of going to law school but I use it anyway. ;)
I think anyone who accuses someone else of being sesquipedalian is being pretentious and ironically hypocritical.
by hijklmno on February 11th, 2008
I don't think words are pretentious. People are pretentious. And it's the pretentious way they use words... grrr...
My vote goes for "skewered".
A manager where I work was talking about "skewered investment figures". She meant "skewed". She was attempting to sound intelligent - *that* is pretentious.
{PS why is this in the poetry category???}
by ACCOUNT CLOSED on February 10th, 2008
Rendezvous
by Zhay89 on February 10th, 2008
Sorry
by peterpam on February 10th, 2008
perfect!
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 17th, 2008
saunter
abhor
demure
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 17th, 2008
reciprocate
by Jimmyp on February 17th, 2008
synergy
Most people also over use the word "basically".
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 16th, 2008
respite
by Deep Blue on February 11th, 2008
"LIKE"
by hellishbrood on February 14th, 2011
existentialism, nihilism. basically any philosophy related word that people sprout from their mouths without having a clue what it means.
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 18th, 2008
persiflage
by NatWhilk on February 12th, 2008
Constabulary!
by JamesD on February 12th, 2008
Basically.
I hear people say it a lot, and I don't think people use it correctly, when they say it. I think they say it just because it makes them sound good.....basically! :-)
by Squirrel Face on June 19th, 2008
Royal.
by Rubies_7 on December 23rd, 2008
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Because when you say ti you always sound precocious.
by Wind in the Willow on October 30th, 2009
Umbrage
by Starmaster on October 30th, 2009
Snob
by 34th st. on October 10th, 2008
ostentatious
by superstrings on September 2nd, 2008
pertinent
by patio4it (tumblr) on June 19th, 2008
Superior
by Amy_L7997 on February 5th, 2011
however, blantantly, epic
by Joel on April 15th, 2008
hoi-palloi.
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by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 10th, 2008
-_-
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 10th, 2008
beat me to it. ++
by TX Rules is sad about new AB on February 10th, 2008
beat me to it too.
by Tinkabelle on February 10th, 2008
It's true : D
by Twhupfold on February 10th, 2008