I'm in total agreement with most of you.

Words have meanings, use them!

True, meanings change, but you can at least use the right word. Attempting to use "big" words to look smart (and failing) makes you look ignorant.

And if the letters aren't there. don't say them!

I'm a big fan of synonyms. A varied vocabulary is a wonderful thing. My father-in-law uses "tremendous" do describe everything. How was dinner? Tremendous... Your job? Tremendous. Christmas? Tremendous. That muti-car pile-up that killed seven? Tremendous. I'd get him a thesaurus, but he probably wouldn't use it.

I'm a big fan of outdated slang, particulary from the UK. If something is cool, it's either "the business" or "brilliant."

People here can't seem to figure out what I'm saying.