its as easy as , um, well, its not easy.

it only works if everyone agrees to dale's catagories, and which words belong where.

otherwise it is meaningless. and of course, it is based on US vocabulary. (and one suspects REGIONAL US vocabluary at that.)

and why are unusual words 'snooty' (a word that convays a hint of snobish, or elite use?)

(there is the crab syndome at work here.. you know how crabs, packed in box not only stay in the box, but pull back any crab that tries to climb up the side and escape the box...)
use an unusual word, and it get labeled "snooty" (and no doubt the user of said word is snobby, one of elites that spiro agnew railed against. (no doubt its Un-American too, too, to use a word that isn't understood by the unwashed masses.)

my other obsession