What we have here is a failure to communicate with style.
It is a bit ironic that over the years, as our society has become more educated and we have more incredible technology at our disposal to aid in learning and doing, our conversational and written vocabularies seem to have shrunk.
I mean, I’ve heard of “small” talk, but this is taking it to the extreme.
I’m all for making language more accessible, but to turn our daily interactions into vacuous verbalism is vanilla.
Words with multiple syllables – I often refer to them as polysyllabic or multisyllabic – are disappearing from everyday conversation. Why is it so many of us aren’t familiar with the colorful words in our language? And why is it people are offended when words they aren’t familiar with are used by others when talking to them? They react as if the utterer is intentionally insulting their intelligence in a deliberate attempt to make them appear and feel stupid.
Balderdash! What? You don’t know what that means?
Poppycock! Say what? You can’t be serious. The answer is no, it is not a male opium plant.
Bosh! No, not the power tools and definitely not the basketball player.
Rubbish! Huh? True, it’s a synonym for trash, but you’ve never heard it used in this context?
Okay then, I give…
Nonsense.
a.k.a.
BORING!
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