David Gaider wrote...
We get frowned at when we use words that cost more than five dollars. Mary once used the word "mendicant", and even though it was wholly appropriate she got glared at. There are some people who think we shouldn't use words that cost more than a buck fifty, but I struggle to accept that.
Mind you, then I see people misusing "irony" and "tragedy" and I cringe, and I wonder just how good a judge I am anymore of what average people should be able to read.
So, yes, technically a word can be correct but, no, that does not mean we can or even should use it.
As long as they are $1000 words, right?
</Theater Joke>
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