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I got bullied at school for being nerdy and seeming bookish (no pun intended), so I still feel self-conscious of sounding like a smart-ass by using longer or more complicated words. Fortunately I usually balance it out by immediately tripping up over my words or making a typo.

(Mentioning being bullied isn& #39;t for sympathy I& #39;m not telling a sob story here, I just had to provide context!)

Also it wasn& #39;t a humble-brag about being intelligent. The irony was I wasn& #39;t actually all that bright at school. I was completely average (still am). I was just geeky and had all the other features of being a nerd.

As a result I sometimes feel the opposite in other situations. I& #39;m actually a clattering dumbass and I worry too much that I come across that way when talking to actual smart people.

Btw I& #39;m also very aware that this is the very definition of a first world problem. I don& #39;t want to complain because I admit, it& #39;s something that partly comes from privilege. Part of the reason I can speak "fancy" is because I& #39;m privileged enough to have had a good education.

(Hopefully that makes sense and isn& #39;t poorly worded, part of the whole point of this thread is that I don& #39;t always phrase things very well - I& #39;m much better at other people& #39;s words than my own, hence why I ran a quote account for a while!)

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