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Apparently it means 1.5 feet long according to the etymology. A 1.5 foot long word lol

I also hadn't heard "sesquipedalian" used as a noun before. I only remembered it as a word used to describe other long words :p It looks like Wiktionary has some meanings listed that the Google dictionary doesn't, which is interesting.

Bombast foister :p

Yes.

Unfortunately I am indeed prone to going off on tangents. Another pet peeve? :p

The authors of the paper explain the effect well here: And if you think about it, it really isn't that irrational for one to judge their performance as being relatively close to the mean if they don't have much else to go off of when rendering an estimate. But I think there's also some bias...

lol here's the figure for grammar

I think that is generally true, anecdotally at least. And it should be noted that those figures I posted are for reasoning tests rather than pure knowledge tests, so perhaps people take different approaches to estimating their own level of competence in a domain of knowledge versus in reasoning...

I don't know which words to change 😫 Though I can try to answer any questions about things that seem unclear, but I definitely ain't an expert. Unfortunately my user title is apt, lol. I haven't read much of the original paper at all.

Dunning-Kruger? I've actually thought about that recently, and the popular "Dunning-Kruger" illustrations don't actually represent the data published by Dunning and Kruger. I think the biggest takeaway from the actual figures that I've seen is that the least able individuals seem to primarily...

I do it when I feel like emphasizing a sarcastic remark :p

Another pet peeve that may have already been mentioned: people automatically assuming that the things they hear from their friends and family are true. That one has genuinely angered me at times.

I think I bought a Zimbabwe bill at some antique store a long time ago, but unfortunately I have no idea where it is.

I want to learn more etymology cuz I currently know pretty little, but unfortunately I keep putting it off.

This discussion reminds me of this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oll_korrect

I think I've forgotten the meaning at least once or twice in the past. I've forgotten and relearned an embarrassing amount of words.

Humor is primarily what motivates me to use "big" words, but unfortunately it sometimes annoys people :p

I've sent so many messages with typos while using my phone, only noticing them later.

I am beset by solecisms.

It feels like writing conventions are currently taught in a way that makes them seem somewhat ambiguous.