Thanks to Xander and Andy for these from an article about vocabulary.
Unfortunately, one is considered elitist if one uses words which other people cannot understand. So, in a sense, one keeps one’s knowledge well under wraps.
Berenice Mortimer, Westlock, Canada
Crafty. Nobody would ever suspect that you’re actually very clever.
When I was about 4 my parents tried to make a list of the words I knew. I think my Mum still has it. I remember it included Abominable but they stopped on A because there were too many. But that was in the Sixties when erudition was not eschewed
Steve, London, UK
I started making a list of words to describe you Steve.
- Ass-whistle
I had to stop at “ass-whistle” because you’re an ass-whistle.