In Defence Of Obscure Words

Writing guides tell you to dumb it down. Isn’t it time we smartened up instead?

Not everything in life is simple. Nor should it be. (Source: iStock)

If you’ve made it past the headline on this article then chances are you are the loquacious type, a word-nerd, a grammar nazi, or some combination thereof. (Go ahead and debate amongst yourselves my use of the Oxford comma in that last sentence — I’ll wait). Voracious readers, fellow…