What words are cringeworthy and make the writer look like a tryhard with a shit vocabulary? Most often seen in modern news articles i.e. blogs. I'll start:
>myriad
>>7843603
I hate the word "pampered"
>>7843603
fuck off back to /r9k/, frog homo
egregious
>>7843603
How can any word be "tryhard" or "cringeworthy" when, objectively, the best vocabulary includes all words?
>>7843624
this tbqhwu fammi
>>7843624
Because he has a limited vocabulary himself and gets mad when people he deems inferior to him use words that he doesn't know.
>>7843603
ass poop
>>7843603
Hard to say. It depends on the article and what it's about. Certain words will feel like they're just out of place. Like wearing a tux to a hoedown.
I'm less forgiving of blog/news writers being tryhards than I am of fiction writers but, I have to admit, as I get older I'm becoming less tolerant and forgiving of the tryhards in literature, too.
The word folly
But any author that insists on using a large vocabulary when a more simple one would suffice just fine, or even when a simpler one would be more appropriate. Looking at you Harold Bloom
>>7843624
Because it becomes painfully obvious when someone has learned a complex word and they try to inject it into their piece when it really doesn't fit in well.
>>7843629
This, OP is a pleb and acts like some jock in an 80s sitcom when someone pulls out a word like "ambiguous" or "nonchalant" or "obsequious".
"hey mr dictionary brain, you make me want to cringe"
That said, whenever a person uses the term "redpill" it makes me want to laugh and shake my head, so there's one.
>>7843603
ostensibly
>Mayhaps
unless the writer really knows old modes of speaking well, this word makes my gut try to implode.
>>7843603
I agree. "Myriad" is Faulkner's word, and anyone who isn't Faulkner isn't allowed to use it.
>>7843728
Damn, guess I'll just start saying cornucopia instead.
>>7843603
Presently
"Rhetoric"
>>7843603
picayune
>>7843603
>that picture
>>7843712
I'm going to start using that line
Garrulous.
>>7843868
fucking racist
>>7843945
Are thou inaugurating a garrulous dialogue with the Garrulus?
"Wan"
>the wan light
>she smiled wanly
>>7843954
>Are thou
>mfwI am a Garrulus
Churlish.
>>7843965
Soft-pedal thou orifice HEATHEN!
>>7843975
>>7843983
I only yearn for a witty exchange in dialog. Is that too much to ask?
>>7843997
ows this fer ya, m8??
>>7843738
"... and you believe it!"
>>7843750
It is like they never read C.S. Lewis or something.
>>7844013
>Pure gold.
>Cringes.
For shame Anon.
>>7844042
>For shame Anon
>Anon
calling other people anons makes me cringe
>>7844054
I'll keep that in mind anon
>>7844054
>forgot pic
>>7843624
Think about words like "utilize." There is literally no situation where you couldn't just use the word "use" instead. Its sole purpose is to sound fancier.
>>7843750
t. liberal that is triggered by Dolan Trumps rhetoric :^)
>>>/reddit/
>>7843603
>azure
>>7844077
The difference is that utilise to put something to use, not just use it.
For example, I could use a car, that implies any end-goal involving that car. But I will utilise that car to drive to my friend's house.
>>7844110
What school did you go to? Like jesus that is easy.
>>7844120
You find me a poem where the word "azure" is used and doesn't feel forced.
You're right that it's easy, but it's not just that, it's lazy.
egads xDDD
>>7844131
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from the mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
>>7844118
You can still replace it with the word use and not change that sentence's meaning at all. It's
"utility"-less.
>>7844131
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
>>7844131
Ezra Pounds canto III
>>7844182
Did you read that in DFW's little new dictionary thing.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9715551/What-words-really-mean-David-Foster-Wallaces-dictionary.html
>>7844199
There's two of us.
>>7843624
>pathetic user of "myriad" spotted
Not a word for me but for about a month I read too many cringey articles that had "with tongue firmly in cheek"
>>7844639
>that picture
kek we sure live in some odd times
>>7844639
Holy shit, Notch is a confirmed cuck. That's no surprise of course, but hearing it from his mouth is still hilarious.
>>7844639
>it stigmatizes people who enjoy that fetish
is this real
>>7844639
>bein' a cuck is cool ;0)
I M I S S H I T L E R
>>7844639
There is nothing inherently wrong with the fetish you pollacks
>>7844779
Other than getting your wife fucked infront of you?
>>7844743
>have this fetish
can confirm it does
>>7844796
If I am enjoying it then why is that bad?
>>7844817
t. modern westerners
>>7844822
still waiting for you to explain your reasoning
>>7843603
my biggest cringe word is "comprise" when used incorrectly as a substitute for "compose."
>A is comprised of B, C, and D
Instead of using "compose," people use "comprise" because they think it sounds smarter, and they don't even use it right.
I also hate the word "plethora."
>Praxis
>Hermeneutics of [x]
>[x] qua [x]
>Heteroglossia
>>7844817
>If I am enjoying it then why is that bad?
jesus christ
>>7845098
>anything to do with the obscurantism of academia
>>7844918
I use both words because I think they have slightly different applications. Your example would sound right if it used "composed" instead of comprised.
>>7844639
>misogyny towards men
what?
>>7844817
your enjoyment has no bearing on the moral content of actions
>>7844918
>plethora
So much this. I've yet to see a single use of the word that didn't sound strange and ridiculous.
>>7844639
people still don't know misandry is a separate word, also cuck.
So what is /lit/ doing for tropical hot dog night?
>>7843655
joseph conrad?
>>7843603
>What words are cringeworthy and make the writer look like a tryhard
I hate My Little Pepe.
>eschew
>>7843603
>ascertain
>>7843603
>per se
>microcosm
>problematic
>institutionalized
>society
>>7844639
>twogaycucks.jpg
>>7845149
That is true. But what exactly is immoral about consensual cuckoldry?
fleeting
UBIQUITOUS
Literally the worst
quixotic
epic
>>7843603
The two words I can think of that best fit your description are "cringeworthy" and "tryhard." I bet you use 4chan lingo when you talk to your friends, i.e., your mom. I also don't think you know how to use "i.e."
>>7843603
cringeworthy
tryhard
>>7843655
Tf u got against kvothe u nerd
>perhaps
>quite
They seem ordinary but every time I see these in critique threads they're common denominators for people trying to "elevate" their work with academic/historical/thesaurus prose. That might be all right if their characters were academics, in the past, or shitty poets but no, they're normal modern day Joes.
>>7843687
Doesn't that mean it's more about context than a word itself? Of course some cunt tossing "fancy" words into shitty writing is going to make them cringey, but the words themselves are still capable of being used well.
>>7844639
>misogyny aimed at men
Something doesn't add up.
hack
>>7843712
Heh stay bluepilled, cuck
>>7844639
haha fucking swedes
>>7849045
he meant that since there's no word for hate of men since men created hate that the word cuck is ALMOST like a misogyny but aimed towards men with a unique and open minded view toward sexuality and pleasing their partner :--)
>>7849283
>No word for hate of men
>What the fuck is Misandry?
>>7849288
thats the joke you tard
>>7849301
You're a cuck.
>>7843603
>Landscape.
I Have nothing against the word itself, but the writer needs to clarify if it means for a city or countryside
>>7843724
I use this ironically
>>7844091
Le wut
>>7845098
I love qua so much
>>7843603
>myriad
>plethora
These are the two I hear the most from fat fedora tipping faggots that spend way too much time playing video games.
>>7849389
also
>panoply
whilst
esp when used by non-britbongs/australians
>tryhard
>cringeworthy
>memes
>>7849376
I started using it ironically and now I can't stop. Be careful, mayhaps.
banal
>nacre/nacreous
pic related is especially guilty of this. Tryhard weedlord cunt.
>>7843603
Anything conceivable that pertains to the written word will find someone on /lit/ to be negative about it.
>>7843603
Hi OP,
You do realize that worrying about whether you're coming off as a tryhard is the tryhardiest of all behaviors?
Hope this finds you in good health.
>>7849613
pls, nacreous is patrician
also the other option is 'pearlescent' which puts to mind stage jewelry
How does /\lit feel about "quotidian"?
I'm a fan, but it seems like it could easily be abused
Anything with swear words; "Crescendo".
Adverbs in contemporary writing. 90% of the time they're fucking awful.
"Hipster" as a descriptor of an object.
"She slipped on her horrendously hipster purple pants" was probably the worst sentence I've ever read.
>>7844639
There is so much about this picture that is perfect.
>>7843724
you clearly know get it either, its MAYHAP not MAYHAPS,
short for may it hap
>>7844131
Azure Eyes Are Blue—Lee Harwood
If you don't get the joke you're a pleb
test
don't dont do not
>>7843603
I thought you were not allowed to post pony outside /mlp/.
>>7843603
"lexicon"
i tried to use it once and failed miserably
>>7844918
Are you me, anon?
>>7844077
Utilize implies something is being used beyond its original purpose.
ie not using a book, but instead utilizing it as a hammer
>>7844639
>mysogynistic language aimed toward men
You fucking what?
>>7848250
Nothing. /lit/ is just overflowing with buttmad christians.
However, you do realize that all fetishes are, by definition, abnormal. Use of the word doesn't stigmatize anything, the fetish inherently stigmatizes itself.
Furthermore, I see no way the fetish could be enjoyed in a way that doesn't involve stigma. It is a fetish entirely about stigma. Foot fetishists don't necessarily need to be aware of their own weirdness to enjoy themselves. Cucks do. So what is really even your point here? That people shouldn't think you're weird for enjoying a fetish about being weird?
>>7852527
That sounds like a personal problem.
>>7852971
Then his issue may be narrowed to the misuse of utilize as a synonym for use. Though at the same time, one could still utilize the word use in that example sentence.
>>7843603
When modern authors use 'tis.
>>7843603
Not really a specific word, but when ever someone tries to use words like thou, thee, thy and thine.
If a thing has these and was from a time when they were normally used it is fine.
And if someone uses them in addition to making all of their writing fit the old style, then it can work.
It seems lots of people think they can pull it off but just fail and it makes me cringe.
>entrepreneur
https://ajustwarblog.wordpress.com
>>7843603
>ctrl+f
>no euphoric
Banal
>methinks
>>7852971
But instead using it as a hammer. Nope still the same.
>>7843603
-correlate
-benign (I know someone who uses this word with the opposite meaning intended!)
-use of "truncate" in normal conversation; or any of the above for that matter
-"scientifical" and any other failed attempt at adding extra pretense to your vocabulary
>>7853239
no one uses "euphoric" except ironically
>>7843718
Give me a better word that conveys the same meaning.
>>7843738
Should courses in rhetoric be retitled "arguing"?
>>7844110
Why? It's a pretty word.
>>7844131
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
By the false azure in the windowpane
>delve
God, I know a girl who says this word in almost every sentence. She thinks it make her sound smart. Fucking liberal arts majors.
>>7843603
>magical
JUST...
Plethora
It's almost always used incorrectly by people trying to appear smarter than they are.
bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner
ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur
nuk
quantum
sniveling
>pretentious
>>7854171
I like delve because it sounds like dive, at least that's why I think it's satisfying to use when I am saying I am learning (delving into) something.
I cringe at: baseline
What I don't really cringe at but completely fits the OP: tribulations
What a pretentious thread, most of these are perfectly cromulent words. Scrutinizing them embigens no one.
I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. I want someone who sometimes makes me go ouch due to their wit and evil sense of humor. I want someone that I can reach out and touch randomly. I want someone I can cuddle with.
>>7843603
>utterly
>>7845153
http://youtu.be/AevY1yvVvAs
>>7844054
Kill urself my man
enthralling
flabbergasted
>>7843603
talented
always already
embiggen
idiosyncratic
discombobulate
Redpill and cuck are the two most cringeworthy expressions used here.
>>7856415
cuckolding is a fetish that some men actually enjoy, though. cuck is an abbreviation.
>>7843603
I've heard other people say they hate the word "intriguing" because it's a stuck up version of the word interesting.
>>7853869
>She didn't use the self help book, instead she utilized it to weight down her bills and payment reminders
>She didn't use the self help book, instead she used it to weight down her bills and payment reminders
Which sounds better? [Spoiler]replacing use with read and utilize with use
>>7843655
You'd hate Gene Wolfe then.
Beverage
Savage
