User blog comment:Illyrias Acolyte/Big Words in Creepypasta/@comment-4770291-20121008230418/@comment-1198866-20121010010537

It all depends on the author. I love learning new words too, and it's not really the use of big words that put me off. I often have to sit with my dictionary next to me when I read Lovecraft or Christie. Lovecraft, whatever else one can say about his writing, has a great grasp on his vocab. The difference is that their characters are usually not high schoolers. They're people who would be more likely to use words like that, and not seventeen year olds who hold their breath until they pass out so they can hallucinate (for the record, I'm not bashing Hands; it's one of my favorites, and it handles language better than a lot of the others I've seen). The jarring aspect comes when an author uses WTF and Fuck and Shit alongside whatever pops up on their Word of the Day calendar.