[pct-l] OT: clarification

[Tortoise]

If one wants to communicate; then one needs to use words which others 
(in the intended audience) understand. Using obscure words may show off 
the author's vocabulary; but many will simply not understand. I view 
negatively any writer who uses obscure words when there are common words 
to express the thought.

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Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>

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AsABat wrote:
> My definitions:
> 
>> tetchy
> 
> One who promotes the restoration of Hetch Hetchy using technology.
> 
>> aesthete
> 
> An athlete who falls on his rear end a lot.
> 
>> timorous
> 
> A choice made when running out of food (contraction of "Tim or us" from the
> 1970's song that included the lines "Trapped in a mine that just caved in
> and everyone knows that the only ones left are Joe, and me, and Tim.
> When they broke thru to pull us free well the only ones left to tell the
> tale were Joe....and me.")
> 
>> gainsay
> 
> Bragging about something one did not do in order to reap hospitality in
> town.
> 
>> jeremiad
> 
> Something that used to be long to Jeremy (derived from "Jer'my had").
> 
>> repine
> 
> What is done to the forest along the trail after logging is completed.
> 
>> genuflect
> 
> What one does when entering a church. (Sorry, I actually know this one, and
> practice it.)
> 
> AsABat
> 
> 
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