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>turgid

>> No.13995461
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>>13995450
>no discernable talent

>> No.13995472

>turgid
>turid
>turd

I hope you see where I'm going with this

>> No.13995487

>>13995450
>insipid

>> No.13995492

>>13995472
I get it. DFW is the shit.

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>that sniggering niggardly nigger!

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>pontificating

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>>13996488

>> No.13996602

>Utilize: A noxious puff-word. Since it does nothing that good old use doesn’t do, its extra letters and syllables don’t make a writer seem smarter; rather, using utilize makes you seem either like a pompous twit or like someone so insecure that she’ll use pointlessly big words in an attempt to look sophisticated. The same is true for the noun utilization, for vehicle as used for car, for residence as used for house, for presently, at present, at this time, and at the present time as used for now, and so on. What’s worth remembering about puff-words is something that good writing teachers spend a lot of time drumming into undergrads: ‘formal writing’ does not mean gratuitously fancy writing; it means clean, clear, maximally considerate writing.

>> No.13996633

>>13996602
BASED

>> No.13996959

>>13996488
>pontine

>> No.13996967

>>13996602
utilise has different connotations imo

>> No.13997023

>>13996602
>>13996967
"Utilise" is used when the thing used wasn't intended for the present use.

>> No.13997027

>>13997023
Not in Portuguese

>> No.13997348

>>13995450
It is pretty funny that Bloom was completely bootyblasted by this, it reminds me of the old Later that day meme

>> No.13997375

Turgid ballsack

>> No.13997380

>>13996602
This is a bad take. Utilize connotes a specialized application of a thing