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Most of those are just normal words
I feel like they were an ascending order of normalcy
Oppobrium? I have no idea
Latifundium? I'm not sure but I guess has to do with latifunda which are like plantations
Bellicose? Warlike from latin, bella being war
Effete? The thing I get called
Latifundium was the area around Rome i think. It now refers to an area with massive plantations (and often times slavery) where a small group of people own massive land areas and use them for cash crops at the expense of everyone who has to work for them. Oftentimes used when describing South America, particularly among leftists who refer to large landowners as Latifundistas (probably didn't spell it right, I've never learned spanish or portugese)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latifundium --> Decent wiki article
Latifundiário in Portuguese, for us it's a very common word
Thanks, I know about latifunda in the terms of calling plantations in South America that and Patrick Wyman saying latifunda on podcasts. So I could back form at a guess.
No tf they are not, I have never once heard anyone use any of these before today and certainly not in verbal usage. You connot convince me this isn't exclusively academic language
3/4 were pretty normal. Maybe just work on your eloquence a bit?
Normal in academic circles sure but I studied fucking phsyics until now. These words are absolutely not in my or any normal english speaking persons vocabulary. Sure yeah, I looked up all the words and got concise definitions but I have never once fucking heard them
Bellicose and effete in particular are not uncommon in everyday language, typically to describe a person's manner. Oppobrium might not be something you say every day, but it turns up in the newspaper pretty regularly.
Then you just need to waste more time on history and politcal writings.
You're right, they're not used much in everyday english. They're used in spcialist jargon tho, the difference between how specialist nerds talk and how normal people talk is always very different.
When the former is trying to reach out to the latter, it's on the former to adjust their language appropriately to more effectively explain their ideas.
Are people using "jerk" and "velocity" in the sense you're familiar with from physics in their day to day lives, or is that academic jargon?