words you know but sorta don't and wouldn't mind using them properly

[Howie Roary]

plebe
ipso facto
moral relativism
perspicacity (I might not even know that one at all lol)
antediluvian
in medias res
ad hominem (and all those other legal terms)

[Antithesis]

Should make two separate categories. One for words when talking and another for words when writing.

[Shiroikage]

i have this book on my shelf
it's called finnegans wake

[Mertron]

i have this book on my shelf
it's called finnegans wake

lol

also what dont you get about in medias res

[Shiroikage]

lol

also what dont you get about in medias res

Ulysses was an exercise in dictionaries

[Howie Roary]

lol

also what dont you get about in medias res

I understood it when I looked it up but I couldn't give a proper definition beforehand

[Howie Roary]

Ulysses was an exercise in dictionaries

Ulysses is an asshole

WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL IS A KINCH, PAGE 9 YOU JERK, PAGE 9 AND THERE'S A WORD THAT MAKES NO SENSE

[Mertron]

also to contribute, someone used the word "tautology" the other day, i kinda know what it means but not really

i assume it means something like "obvious to the point of being dumb"

[Mertron]

well, tautalogical means that i guess

[Mertron]

for the most part

[Shiroikage]

Ulysses is an asshole

WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL IS A KINCH, PAGE 9 YOU JERK, PAGE 9 AND THERE'S A WORD THAT MAKES NO SENSE

doesn't even take 9 pages in finnegans wake
barely takes 9 lines

[Colenzo]

the english language

[Howie Roary]

also to contribute, someone used the word "tautology" the other day, i kinda know what it means but not really

i assume it means something like "obvious to the point of being dumb"

oooh ooh, one I know

an example of a tautology is "all unmarried men are bachelors"

it's not quite circular logic, but it doesn't reveal any new knowledge

[Howie Roary]

Ulysses is an asshole

WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL IS A KINCH, PAGE 9 YOU JERK, PAGE 9 AND THERE'S A WORD THAT MAKES NO SENSE

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinch

what made you want to look up kinch?

James Joyce

[Conrad]

also to contribute, someone used the word "tautology" the other day, i kinda know what it means but not really

i assume it means something like "obvious to the point of being dumb"

tautology means something is tautological

[quannum]

all persons are theist or atheist.

"with us or against us" vs "with us or not with us"

[Conrad]

Should make two separate categories. One for words when talking and another for words when writing.

also this is a stupid idea. I type and speak similarly.

[Lucienne]

lol

also what dont you get about in medias res

And when would you want to use it other than when talking literature?

also to contribute, someone used the word "tautology" the other day, i kinda know what it means but not really

i assume it means something like "obvious to the point of being dumb"

Two terms that mean the same thing used in one sentence making one of them redundant.
I'd assume tautological would mean redundant.

[Howie Roary]

tautology means something is tautological

I hate you lol

[Conrad]

I was actually trying to think of the phrase "in medias res" for a discussion about football or video games or something equally banal recently. People tend to think I'm arrogant when they meet me because I'm well-spoken. The best types are the ones who consider my syntax as something of an aphrodisiac.