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Inaugural Episode: Pedantic, Esoteric, Recherché (but not) Didactic

Inaugural Episode: Pedantic, Esoteric, Recherché (but not) Didactic

Update: 2020-12-19
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Pedantic   pe·​dan·​tic | \ pi-ˈdan-tik

  1. Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
  2. Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
  3. Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.

Esoteric  es·​o·​ter·​ic | \ ˌe-sə-ˈter-ik

  1. Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
    The writing in this manual is very esoteric; I’d need a degree in engineering just to understand it!
  2. Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations. 
  3. Confidential; private.
    an esoteric purpose
    an
    esoteric meeting

Recherché  (re·​cher·​ché | \ rə-ˌsher-ˈshā )

  1. Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
  2. Exotic or obscure.

Didactic  di·​dac·​tic | \ dī-ˈdak-tik

  1. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. Synonyms: educative, instructive
    didactic poetry
  2. Excessively moralizing.

References

Doggerel
My attempt at a couplet using some of this week's vocabulary:
You can use "esoteric", it gets the job done, but to be really slick and have more fun  put on your beret, use instead,  "recherché"!

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Inaugural Episode: Pedantic, Esoteric, Recherché (but not) Didactic

Inaugural Episode: Pedantic, Esoteric, Recherché (but not) Didactic

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