Long words are like superpowers in that they can be used for good or for evil. If you walk into a college class functioning on three hours of sleep and your professor begins describing the theoretical framework of language using words that you’ve only heard during the semi-finals of spelling bees, that’s an example of long words acting as villains. However, if you find yourself at a party filled with English majors and the cute linguistics nerd in the corner keeps catching your eye, long words can be your best friend. The best part is, not all long words have to do with some obscure medical term that has at least 3 Q’s or silent X’s and can only be used during an extreme Scrabble tournament. Some of them have such simple meanings, they can be used in every day life. Some of them do not. Either way, they’re fun to learn and we should all make a conscious effort to slip them into daily conversation.
