Latest pretentious terms from today’s Slate Political Gabfest (feel free to email me suggestions or leave them in the comments to the main page):
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When I start podcasting, then you’ll see pretentious words galore! I love a few obscure ones: velleity, nescience, nimiety, for three. The first two have no exact synonyms; the third does, but we need an overabundance of words for overabundance.