# Pretentious (or "SAT words") you use in conversation **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 19, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523 "2022-09-19T15:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/61 "2022-09-21T17:10:26Z")
I realized in another thread I used “preclude” which isn’t _that_ uncommon but on par with a lot of the words here. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/62 "2022-09-21T17:13:14Z")
show a picture of a nebula and point to it, and say that’s what your tool looks like ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/63 "2022-09-21T18:07:55Z")
I use ‘rubric’ a bunch. probably incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/64 "2022-09-21T19:30:41Z")
> [@John.S.Mill](#): > > show a picture of a nebula and point to it, and say that’s what your tool looks like Do we have a thread for pick-up lines? ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/65 "2022-09-21T20:18:56Z")
Peruse is like what literally has become - it has become used to mean the opposite of what it actually meant to the point that the dictionary added in the definition meaning figuratively. I think it is at least denoted as being only “used” in that way. But also, that’s what language is. As much as it kills me that literally now also means figuratively…literally. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/66 "2022-09-21T20:56:31Z")
To me it’s **not** that literally also means figuratively… it’s that people using the word literally in a sarcastic way has become commonplace. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/67 "2022-09-21T21:04:01Z")
yup. I think most people use literally sarcastically. So they’re actually using it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/68 "2022-09-21T21:07:12Z")
“Spendthrift” was used on HotD this season, and it has the opposite meaning of what I thought it meant. To me, the “thrift” part means that the person is reluctant to spend money. But that is wrong. The real definition is that a spendthrift spends foolishly. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/69 "2022-09-21T21:07:57Z")
Hm, I thought spendthrift is pretty self explanatory. You spend thriftly. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/70 "2022-09-21T21:08:51Z")
Nope. spend·thrift /ˈspen(d)ˌTHrift/ _noun_ 1. a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way. As in, JSM, you are a spendthrift. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/71 "2022-09-21T21:10:15Z")
Oh. That’s what I meant. Apparently I misunderstood what thrift meant 🤣 I was thinking swift. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/72 "2022-09-21T21:13:06Z")
thrift·y /ˈTHriftē/ _adjective_ 1. 1. (of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. So a person that is spends his money in a thrifty fashion is the opposite of a spendthrift. Confusing, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/73 "2022-09-21T22:28:32Z")
> [@BG5150](#): > > Perambulate On the old AO I started a thread using that penultimate in the title, about the TV show “Last Comic Standing” when they had their second season. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/74 "2022-09-21T22:29:09Z")
> [@BG5150](#): > > I use ‘rubric’ a bunch. probably incorrectly. I can never solve that cube. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/75 "2022-09-22T00:57:18Z")
So you are also a spendswift? ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/76 "2022-09-22T13:27:34Z")
Last night I used ‘profligate’ when I really meant ‘prodigal’. Close in meaning, but the former has a more negative gist. And it bugs me when people use prodigal incorrectly. It’s not an adjective meaning someone was away for a long time and is returning. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/77 "2022-09-22T14:04:06Z")
lol. I did learn prodigal from an SAT word list. I think lavish was on there too. And squander. I always get tripped up on whether lavish is a verb or an adjective. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/78 "2022-09-22T14:31:13Z")
> [@BG5150](#): > > prodigal … not an adjective meaning someone was away for a long time and is returning Yeah, that’s a pretty common misuse. I think I’ve been guilty of that myself. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/79 "2022-09-22T14:54:21Z")
It can be either. ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/pretentious-or-sat-words-you-use-in-conversation/6523/80 "2022-09-22T14:54:38Z")
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