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"Mom? I use some words that are college words."
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Like, I told Felix I was 'a wee bit peckish' and after Felix found out what it meant, he said 'peckish' was a college word."
"I suppose that could be true."
"And it's all your fault, Mom."
We call them "quarter words" around here. I'm not sure why. I think I learned it from my dad.
ReplyDeleteIt's a derivative of the Mark Twain quote: “Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.”
DeleteYou have flashcards in your purse, don't you?
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