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I'm about to take English lit next semester. How do I casually let slip that I have a larger vocabulary than anyone else in the class (including the teacher) without coming off as pretentious (pretentious means 'attempting to impress by affecting (affecting means 'pretend to have or feel') greater importance')?

>> No.18257399

>>18257389
I'm trans and watch anime btw if that matters.

>> No.18257402

>>18257389
You sound pretentious.
I don't like you.

>> No.18257403

>how do I be pretentious without looking pretentious

>> No.18257412

Pretentious fucktard

>> No.18257422

>>18257389
Bring all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary to class on the first day and casually place them on your desk.

>> No.18257426

You should focus instead on learning from your professor, since you are investing time and money in a college course.

>> No.18257428

>>18257389
Only autistic transgenders use this image. Are you trans? This question is very important.

>> No.18257432

>>18257399
>I'm trans and watch anime btw if that matters
EVERY TIME

>> No.18257453

>>18257389
use a lot of very big words. the more complicated the better. your writing should be almost unintelligible to the average simpleton. use shakespearean insults against your classmates. swing your big verbal iq cock and start stroking it during class discussions

>> No.18257467
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18257467

Use the word “niggardly” when speaking in class

>> No.18257495

>>18257467
This op

>> No.18258247

>>18257432
I mean this time it's probably true

>> No.18258265

>>18257389
Prestige has an interesting meaning also. Obsequious.

>> No.18258357

>>18257389
Be that guy that interrupts the professor to ask questions that make it obvious he's just a faggot trying to show off his knowledge and doesn't care about the material at all. Everyone will hate you but at least you'll get to show off your big vocabulary

>> No.18258402

>>18257389
I had that problem starting in the first grade.

>> No.18258415

>>18257422
Well, since you can get a subscription that will run on a laptop, that isn't really a problem.

>> No.18258438

>>18257389
>larger vocabulary than anyone else in the class (including the teacher)
Are you one of my students? Let's see how this pans out when I have to read your tortured Waldunesque essay and I give you the D that you deserve.

>> No.18258589

>>18257389
During the first lecture, put your hand up, then say:
"I don't want to appear pretentious, but I have a huge vocabulary. Larger, in fact, than yours, oh professor."
Smile magnanimously, and sit down.

>> No.18258595

>>18257389
Look at that cute anime girl. She needs to be patted on the head and her cheeks pinched.

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>>18257389

>> No.18259392

This is an excellent bait and should be bumped

>> No.18260370

>>18257402
what does pretentious mean??

>> No.18260377

>>18257389
Read the bit from the beginning of IJ where Hal says that to his teachers.
Outloud.
Standing up.

>> No.18260387

>>18257389
Sorry, but what does "pretend" exactly mean? I'm lost.

>> No.18260393

>inb4 OP gets all his papers marked to death and barely ends up with a C final grade

>> No.18260599

>>18257389
My man thinks pretentious is a big boy word

>> No.18260624

>>18257389
Don't worry, the fact that you're wasting money on an English Lit class means everyone already knows you're pretentious.

>> No.18260735

>>18257389
>based, baste, basado, brazzer,..

>> No.18260992

>>18260377
>Read
I was going to suggest memorizing the passage instead, but I do think holding a copy of Infinite Jest may be more effective. Just make sure it is the paperback edition with the single cloud.

>> No.18261008

>>18257389
Based elevated diction haver

>> No.18261045

>>18258357
I do this.You are not me. Don't do this. The kind professors will be like "k," and the ones with balls will shut you down. You're not me, im actually a genius and have epic smart talks with the professors about esoteric ideas in the middle of class that may as well be in a different language to both you and the hollowheads that are my peers. I thought about writing a book that reinvents western philosophy but quickly realized nobody would understand it. I cant emphasize enough that im more Hegelian than Hegel and subtle than Scotus. The fact you're reading my post ought to be counted as a blessing by you, it has strained me to condescend to communicate in such a primitive way to you.

>> No.18261058

>>18260992
Yes, but don't even look at it while you read. Just run your finger along the text at random while you orate. I do this with Moby dick.

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18261234

You can’t let shit like that “casually” slip without sounding like a pretentious asshole, which, this post already made you sound like a pretty big one.

Oh, I’m sorry, was the vocabulary I used too dense for you?

>> No.18261446

>>18257389
You will never be a pretty girl.