Whut, like "concier.." {wince}??I know better than to use this word unless I'm around close, educated friends (and all y'all here, of course)...
But then, I was taken to a conference room and reprimanded for using the word commensurate. I was led to believe that the incident would go into my PERMANENT RECORD.
I told my boss later that a friend had recommended a way for me to overcome this kind of problem: go ahead and use your normal vocabulary; just drop one syllable off each word. They won't know the difference there.
Land sakes Gail, that's unbelievable. You've many far better words on your PERMANENT RECORD here and proudly so. Take it as a badger of honor.
Dare I ask: what on earth did they imagine the word (I could take the time to retype the word here but it would be too many keystrokes) meant...?