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metonymia:

I will judge you if you use the word “pretentious”. 

chances are you’re a neanderthal. 

it’s really a 19th century French word that reflects the anxieties of that bygone world; a world where a burgeoning bourgeoisie confronted the artistic hegemony of the aristocracy, where the movement and synthesis between mid-culture and high-culture was constantly blurred and blurring. 

a n00b was called prétentieux. 

now it’s used by creatively-stunted guardians of reactionaries from the political-aesthetic status quo against anyone who even mildly gives a shit.  

dude i know a lot of pretentious people. i could also say “they have style without substance” but “pretentious” takes less breath to say and most of my friends are gonna know that when i say it

did you go to a sports bar where a guy wearing a cap indoors called you pretentious?

Source: murdermetonymy
  1. dataanxiety reblogged this from notational and added:
    Emphasis mine. I agree with notational’s sentiments.
  2. nervousgnosis reblogged this from gowns and added:
    I feel you. It really depends on context though. I only pull...confronted with cultural...
  3. officialkylieminoguedragqueen reblogged this from gowns
  4. notational reblogged this from murdermetonymy and added:
    In my experience it just means...someone’s reach exceeds their grasp. In many cases those...
  5. gowns reblogged this from murdermetonymy and added:
    pretentious people. i could also say “they have style without substance” but “pretentious” takes less breath to say and...
  6. vyr said: you are the most fantastic human being for writing this
  7. tetradugenica-je-srbija said: yeah basically pretentious is a word that means “‘you referenced something idon’t know or spoke of something that i dont understand but have been told is very bad “
  8. whatthehelldidijustread reblogged this from murdermetonymy
  9. ladyurduja reblogged this from iradeh and added:
    I have a hard time believing that post was actually serious…
  10. doctorofnothing said: But all words have etymologies… hence why the term colloquial was born.
  11. prchtshrk said: u my fav
  12. mirah said: *rolls eyes* *turns on Beyoncé*
  13. thenoobyorker said: m.wordnik.com/lists/f…
  14. absolutefucker said: how pretentious of you
  15. cantpray said: “look hes being pretentious, I dont understand”
  16. menstrualcycleemptiness said: this doesn’t mean you aren’t pretentious though
  17. murdermetonymy posted this