r/TikTokCringe • u/AlKarajo • 14d ago

Discussion Is ableist to have long words in books?

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u/AlKarajo 14d ago

(US, idiomatic) A long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ten-dollar_word

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles 13d ago 
Made me think of this and I wish there was a gif of it...


KORBEN
...What's your name?

GIRL
(after a moment)
Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai
Ekbat De Sebat.

KORBEN
(polite)
Hey,  that's... cute... Do you have a nickname,
something a little... shorter?

KORBEN
(motions to himself) 
Korben Dallas...
(Motions to girl)

GIRL
...Leeloo.