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OP I'm trying to remember a vocabulary word from my Freshman English class. It means someone who is always using big words but uses them incorrectly. This is driving me NUTS!!
Thanks in advance.
I suppose you could call such a person "Slip" (from the Bowery Boys) who was always doing that - or you could perhaps call the person a Malaprop - or a malapropist.
malapropist (adj. form malapropos) is likely what you seek, but as long as you're relating it to big words you should consider 'catachresis' - defined by Silva Rhetoricae as a vice in which a word is used in a context that differs from its proper application.
OP I'm not sure malapropist is what I'm thinking of.
The broader definition of the word is someone trying to impress others and make his/herself appear more intelligent by dropping big words without actually knowing the meaning of the words and expecting to get away with it because the person to whom they are speaking doesn't know the meaning either.
I suppose a vulgar, colloquial synonym might be "bullshit artist" or "politician"!
Yeah. I don't think malapropist carries the connotation of doing it to show off.
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Well, sesquipedalian describes the use of long words, but not incorrect use.
and obfuscation sets out intentionally to confuse or be ambiguous but I thought I'd throw it into the soup.
Such big words after a hard day at work.
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