Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term “professional-cum-technocratic ethos” this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

    • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      22·
      2 days ago

      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

      • CTHlurker [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        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

    • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      171·
      2 days ago

      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

      • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        132·
        2 days ago

        Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete?

        1. is very common to use regarding the roman empire and when analysing its decline, and general imperal decline.
        2. literally means “warlike”, just sounds nicer
        3. is a good term to describe the UN and EU

        3/4 were pretty normal. Maybe just work on your eloquence a bit?

        • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          15·
          2 days ago

          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

          • Andrzej3K [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            11·
            2 days ago

            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.

          • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
            121·
            2 days ago

            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.

            • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              5·
              2 days ago

              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.

          • Speaker [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            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?