Lexical Narcissism

A compulsive need to flaunt obscure vocabulary, academic jargon, or convoluted phrasing to appear intellectually superior, often at the expense of clarity, relevance, or truth. Symptoms include correcting others mid-argument over minor semantics, mistaking verbosity for depth, and prioritizing pedantry over persuasion. Typically found in debates where ego outweighs logic and the dictionary becomes a weapon of distraction.

Lexical narcissism is the arrogant belief that you're the only one who understands how words work, the only one educated enough to define philosophy, science, or language itself. It’s not intelligence—it’s intellectual gatekeeping. They don’t argue to clarify. They argue to assert dominance through semantics, hoping you’ll concede out of exhaustion, not reason. It's elitism masquerading as literacy.

You: “Once considered obscure academic theory, Marxism has completely infected academia and the curriculum.”
Them: “Define Marxism.”
You: “Sure, I'll entertain your silly little lexical narcissism game: Economic collectivism based on class conflict—are you seriously asking me this?”
Them: “That’s not true Marxism.”

by WTFX May 20, 2025

Dicks-lexic

The misinterpretation of the size of a man's member in an image sent via text message or email, with the misinterpretation being that the member is thought to be smaller or larger than the actual size of the organ.

Dude, I got Dicks-lexic when he sent me that dick pic, it's smaller than it looks.

by Angel_in_AZ May 7, 2017