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Peter Lorre said:Sci-Fi said:I like to use bigger, or what may seem like more intelligent words because it makes me feel smarter. When people use them all the time like a sailor swears that, to me, is when they come off pompous and arrogant. Not everyone talks like Fraser, if you listen to peoples conversations we're a pretty dumb down society. It's getting worse with texting, I see so many people who can't even string a coherent sentence together, or even make an effort to spell correctly.
Ok, I have to admit it: I have a weakness for Frasier and his way of speaking
Same thing with the narrator of the original Twilight Zone series.
Rod Serling! isn't he awesome (goo)
another way of looking at ''dumbing down'' that's such a harsh word. In filipino, we have the term ''makibagay'' which basically means to accommodate or/and adjust. It might probably have stemmed down the colonial times but in its simplest sense, it's the idea of being able to adjust yourself according to the people/person you are talking to. Not to a point of speaking differently to what you are used to or doing things you don't want to do but finding a common ground and ensuring that the people you are interacting are comfortable with the interaction.
Besides not knowing what a fancy word means is not a sign of daftness, but merely suggest you've not encountered that word before. So I guess it is better to use common terms so more people can understand you, specially when speaking to people you don't know that well.