#i make phrase neologisms when i lose words like im an mc speedrunner
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, . sometimes i have to look up words that i get the vibe of that my significant other uses whenever its a weight bearing word in a sentence
the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.
if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.
#thats so true . waow#i use none of the words that i pick up bc i have absolutely no idea what they actually technically mean#and i worry abt using them wrong even though the vibe is close enough and it would still be a valid sentence#but it wouldnt necessarily demonstrate a semantic understanding of the word#sometimes i have to look up words that i get the vibe of that my significant other uses whenever its a weight bearing word in a sentence#and my response changes depending on the actual correct meaning#i read hp as a child and didnt know that poltergeist meant ghost#idk. they were just hanging out w some guys i guess. and they were magical#my base level vocab that i use on a day to day basis is like weird and fucked up as a result#and ive also lost all my normal words but i can circumlocute w vibesbased reasoning#like straight up i lose more words than normal absolutely confident abt this#but ive got so many of them that i can keep up a little bit#idk what word i wanted there in that last one. keep up is a close enough expression#man i wonder what non native speakers would think abt the way i speak and tbh the way i write#both formal and informal#honestly wheres the line between stilted and 'read a lot of books as a kid'#i make phrase neologisms when i lose words like im an mc speedrunner#do we even have a word for 'novel use of two words in combination' or whatever
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