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What are some books to read to learn cool words to appear smarter than the next guy?

>> No.22625593

>>22625552
The dictionary. OED would be best.

>> No.22625622

Infinite Jest, it also has incest since you posted a pic from an incest game.

>> No.22625895

>>22625552
What are some books where I have sex with this?

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>>22625895
Performance anxiety well beyond the run of the mill everyday ED sort

>> No.22626619

Just read Shakespeare and start making up your own words and phrases

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>>22625895

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>>22625552
Hands down, uncontested, there is no other.

>> No.22628211

>>22625552
nakadashi

>> No.22628582

>>22625552
Probably anything older then 100 years should do.
Really enjoyed reading Hawthorne purely because of the old timey words he used.

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For you striver.

>> No.22629142

>>22625552
Developing interesting speech patterns and knowing how to effectively use metaphors and analogies is far more impressive and intelligent in eyes of others than useing big 12-syllable words in conversation.

>> No.22629161

>>22629142
Books/essays/whatever that will give me good examples of this?

>> No.22629248
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mid century american literary criticism