&gt;anti-intellectual culture<p>I agree- I really wish there wasn&#x27;t such a stigma against, as you phrased it, &quot;five-dollar words&quot;. I love reading older writing because (maybe without the internet and things like &#x2F;r&#x2F;iamverysmart?) they seem drastically less afraid to say exactly what they want to, in the way they want to.<p>There&#x27;s also an anachronistic charm to them I guess, but I think the word-choice-freedom is still a big factor.