>when you can tell the author used a thesaurus and none of the big words actually make any fucking sense in context
>>8075349
Some examples?
>>8075377
Lord of the Flies
>>8075398
Have any particularly egregious excerpts?
>>8075349
>reading authors shitty enough to do this
>>8076022
>"No," ejaculated Piggy. "This gargantuan mistake I must endure independently."
>>8076035
that makes sense
>>8076035
>"No," ejaculated Piggy
lewd
>>8076035
all this proves is that you don't know the meaning of those words.
>>8076035
What's wrong with this?
>>8075377
My diary
>>8076035
Well, this is embarrassing.
>>8076030
>reading
Full stop
>>8076035
But that makes sense. And ejaculated was a common synonym for 'exclaimed' at the time.
>>8076022
Subtle
>>8076035
>"My blood!" ejaculated the coachman
>>8076607
> 'My blood! ejaculated the vexed coachman, and not atop of Shooter's yet!
position shooter's atop :3
>>8075349
I honestly only see this on the Internet, on 4chan and other fora. It's usually (as far as I can tell) done by ESLers who are desperate to be taken seriously by the native English speakers, yet they lack all control over the words.
>>8075349
Damn that Grandpa and his vocabulary.
>>8076035
Lord of the Flies was such a fun book to read in 10th grade.
>>8076035
I'm pretty sure OP means that it doesnt make sense for some fat child to be using words such as "gargantuan" and "endure"
>>8079435
lmfao
