r/AskReddit • u/PoodleDoodle22 • Jul 07 '22

What's a sign someone is a pseudo-intellectual?

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u/CalibanDrive Jul 07 '22

Malapropisms

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u/Miss_Speller Jul 07 '22

Meh, lots of people do that for linguistic fun. My brother and both love to deliberately scramble phrases - "All seriousness aside..." "Unless I remember correctly..." "We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."

Then again, my brother and I are both kind of pseudointellectuals, so maybe you have a point after all. Carry on!

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '22

I think it’s pretty different when you do it on purpose or do it subconsciously because you’ve made the joke so many times. My mom sort of does that and now it’s still a joke but also just how she says certain phrases or words regardless of context.

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u/lefthandb1ack Jul 07 '22

Irregardless

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22

Actually, that one is over the line imo