Notes from college

[sezwee]

Note to the wise

If you are tempted to use words like  volubility, antecedently, abnegated, and supervened in your college essay...

don't 

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Oh dear.

[omhaire]

Methinks there is a story in this. Do tell.....

Re: Oh dear.

[sezwee]

It was a personal statement that came off particularly puffed up. I just hate it when they are obviously stretching for the "bigger" word, when a regular word would not sound as pretentious. Statement by thesaurus = not good.

Antidisestablishmentarianism

[pinkpurlgrrl]

Antecedently to my preparation for the SATs I had abnegated my tendency toward volubility; its return supervened with the completion of the exam.

I can haz boeuf-au-frommage - lol