i love it when a book teaches me a new word, man. can't imagine not wanting that.
Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉
Reasons for writers to use "big" words:
1) The "big" word conveys a nuance of meaning that the "normal" word may not, being too vague
2) The "big" word sounds cool (as in, the word actually does sound cool and not like the writer is trying to get sapiosexually laid)
3) You fucking feel like it