The Trigger Vault; Words That Shouldn’t Need to Be Said Why the f*ck am I here? Congratulations, you stepped on a landmine. You clicked a word or phrase that shouldn’t have set anyone off; but it did. That’s what we call a Trigger Word around here: language so needlessly inflated, smug, redundant, or performatively profound …
🤓 Pretentious for No Reason Every generation breeds a new species of person who thinks English isn’t complete until they’ve dressed it for the opera. They can’t say “also”; it’s “insofar as.” They can’t say “from now on”; it’s “henceforth.” They can’t say “about”; it’s “vis-à-vis.” They can’t say until now; it’s “hitherto.” It’s like …
💬 The F*** Is Vocabulary? Like what do you mean you have a “good vocabulary”? So you can spell the words you know? Good for you. Want a fucking sticker? People act like “vocabulary” is some rare gemstone you mined out of a cave. No. You just learned some words. Congratulations, you unlocked the same …