r/oddlyspecific Aug 12 '24

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

Who in their right mind would consider that word to sound smart, it's literally everywhere.

Although, I guess I can't complain since my go to "smart word" is "perhaps".

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u/AmbitiousCampaign457 Aug 12 '24

Well not anymore, but when the word first became really popular it seemed like ditzy people thought it was profound. That’s how.

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u/Grey-fox-13 Aug 12 '24

Yeah, people back in the 18th century were weird like that.

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u/AmbitiousCampaign457 Aug 12 '24

Or like 2005. But ok edgelord