Work, Coworkers and Awkward: Magnifico

Magnifico

By Vocabulary - 03/12/2024 18:00 - United States - Richmond

Today, making small talk with my coworkers, I said a restaurant I'd tried recently was "superb". They all gave me weird looks, and one said, "Someone's trying too hard to sound smart." Now I've got a rep as a pseudo-intellectual douchebag. FML

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If you are the smartest person in the room, it's time to change rooms.

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Superb is a pretty common word. Your contemporaries require an upgraded lexicon.

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Thaylok 17

Wednesday 4 December 2024 2:58

If you are the smartest person in the room, it's time to change rooms.

Lost Reggie 21

Wednesday 4 December 2024 6:25

Superb is a pretty common word. Your contemporaries require an upgraded lexicon.

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