/lit/ - Literature

>>7991938

>Once upon a time "pretentious" meant
>Once upon a time

It still means what it means. Idiots who are only concerned with signalling their opinions on whether something is good or bad use the word as a fancier replacement for "bad" regardless of whether the work is actually putting on airs or simply over the reader's head, which ironically is very pretentious since they're attempting to give their ignorant gut-reaction a veneer of legitimate criticism.