i NEVER see this on DU:

[datasuspect]

the word "behoove."

why is that?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Does it really behoove you to post that?

;)

[achtung_circus]

2. Forsooth,

girth, lots of Anglo Saxon derivations.

[terrya]

3. It's a perfectly valid word.

But it DOES sound a bit pretentious. :-)

[datasuspect]

4. without pretension

i'd be just one more dilletante.

[thom1102]

10. not so much pretentious, as condecending...

IMHO. When someone tells you that "it behooves you," it sounds like they are better than you because they know what is best. That to me sounds like morally superior repug, rather than an enlightened dem.

[datasuspect]

15. that's a double edged sword though

if someone feels inferior because someone else uses bigger words or better language, does that reflect more on the giver of the perceived condescension or the receiver thereof?

[thom1102]

19. I think that both factor into the equation...

Often, people who come across as condescending don't mean to or even realize that they are. Their social interaction model is just different from the person they are interacting with. By the same token, people who percieve someone as being condescending are often projecting their own insecurities onto behavior that they don't completely comprehend.

[datasuspect]

20. behavior . . .

or even words.

oy vey!

[crispini]

5. Or the word "viz"

that's, like, an absolutely faboo word that nobody ever uses anymore. Shame.

[datasuspect]

7. videlicet?

"namely"

i use it, but not here . . .

howsabout "to wit"

[crispini]

9. that's a good one

why don't you post a nice 'victorian' thread and we can all use our favorite old words and show off our mad language skillz? :7

[datasuspect]

14. i tried doing a proposalspeak thread

cf. "coalition building"

but no one bit.

your idea sounds intriguing.

what about faux-academic writing?

i love nonsense

[Bok_Tukalo]

6. Some words just sound (for lack of a better word) silly in text

Sort of like "rue"

[Aristus]

8. Or the word "demesne".

Why not? :shrug:

[Misunderestimator]

11. It would behoove us all to start using it more.

[qnr]

12. Oh, you just shush now. n/t

[Redstone]

13. People bristle when they hear it.

I prefer "you'd be well advised to..."

The one I really, really despise (unless it's said by an old lady) because it's the most pretentious affectation anybody under 70 years old can use: Shan't.

Argh.

Redstone

[datasuspect]

16. one of my favorites is "disabuse"

you'd be surprised how many times you have to disabuse someone on the correct use of that word.

[khashka]

17. I shan't say it doesn't behoove you to broach this topic

but it is uncouth. I find myself bewildered that a person of your ilk would say such a thing.

You are a blackguard of the first water, my friend.

Khash.

[datasuspect]

18. Brigand!

your approach is redolent of the most infamous of highwaymen.

i am appalled that you seek to disabuse me without solicitation.

nonetheless, i imperil myself by lashing invective upon you, kindred spirit, so in that regard, i remain,

your humble and obedient servant,


Joe

[khashka]

24. Stand and deliver

thou strumpety hedgepig!

Would that I could disabuse you of your felonious word use! But I fear you are lacking in even the most common and basest of sensibilities.

The thought of bandying words (nay, even swords!) with you leaves me with a world weariness that my constitution can not uphold.

So I must sign myself,
Your most devoted and loving ward,

Khash.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. It behooveth us not to use such words, for verily I say unto you,

whosoever shall use such verbiage shall be cast into outer darkness, where he may forever weep and gnash his teeth, pausing to cry aloud, "Ye varlets!"

[brainshrub]

22. Words that Liberals rarely use, but cons use all the time:

Shall.

to wit.

Behoove.

Retarded.

Shan't.

viz a vie.

###

Just a few that I've noticed.

[datasuspect]

23. hmmm . . .

i don't ever really deal with conservatives, so i wouldn't know.

i guess that makes about 95% of the UK freepers (except for retarded, that is pretty much universally used).

on edit, i suppose most academics are freepers too on the basis of your analysis . . .

[Redstone]

25. No kidding? They really say "shan't?"

Might as well wear a big sign that says "Pretentious asshole, right here."

Redstone

[uppityperson]

26. Bees don't have hooves, they have teeny tiny little feet.

see?

[seabeyond]

27. i had it in a post this morning, i believe

or last nite. funny you should ask. but, i spelled with one "o" so my bad