Despite my arrogance,
I would rather be grandiloquent
than vainglorious. This is because
"grandiloquent" sounds like
I can talk both big and well -
true, too true. But "vainglorious"
sounds like I charge into battle
vainly, in a vain cause - one I'm far too sure
to lose - and purely for the sheer
and utter glory of it.
Which I don't do. Ever,
in fact. I pick my battles
meekly, never selecting
vain ones.
Complicating matters,
neither word means
what I think it does. I can tell,
because I looked them up. I'll look
them up again, after this moment
is done, but I expect
they'll still mean some bullshit
that doesn't describe me at all. Sucks,
because what a couple of great
-sounding
words
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