5 Points for "Swanky"

A while ago, my roommate said, while talking about me, “Muh…my name is Brian and I love to confuse people with my extensive vocabulary. Muh muh muh.”  What irked me was that he said it in a mocking tone. A bad thing to use many different words?  What? Huh? Come again? Say what? ¿Qué?  Excuse me? 

You know what, I run in the face of my roommates tone.  I say, “You don’t like my words? You don’t like my words? Well, YOU SUCK.”

I may have a larger "vocab" (that's what the kids call it) than some, but I’m still not satisfied with all of my word choices. I can't say no to word-crack. I get the munchies for interesting wordy-turdies.

While reading wonderful blogs like No Telling and perusing through Eat, Pray, Love, which I’m currently doing (quick book review: Lovely and funny, I’m in the first third of the book, and I’ve never wanted to eat more.  There’s no telling what urges I’ll have for the next two. Some say it's a chick book.  Written by a woman, yes; talking about things like love, eating for pleasure, and the occasional flower, yes. A chick book? No. Anyway…), I find more and more wonderful, colorful, shiny words used so eloquently in these texts that I could puke all over them.

So I made a list when I started writing on this blog called Words and Phrases I Need to Use More. Some items were “Smattering,” “Persnickety,” “Dastardly,” and “I like the cut of your jib.”  Some I have used, some I haven’t.

New incentive:  Five points for every fancy word I use in the following posts.  I’ve put a sidebar of all these words on this page. In the future, maybe I’ll construct some sort of tally system.

Word and phrase suggestions are welcome.

CONCLUSION AND UPDATE: 

Here is the list of words and how many times I used them before I stopped. 115 points earned, with each word used at least once. Not bad.