Well I think its clever. Go Tool

Especially when they are much more proper than some of the words children and young adults use these days.

My sophomore year, my AP English teacher was absolutely convinced the word "ambivalent" meant "you don't care". She was pissed when I brought out the dictionary and proved her wrong!

You would probably end up a more well rounded individual if you were kicked out, never to return.

He'd probably get mad for OP saying he likes kids

That's kind of the idea - look the word up.

I know that pedagogue means teacher, I was getting at the fact that the teacher sounds dumb enough to confuse it with pedophile.

I love you. I got in some serious shit for using that word recently and NOT ONE person actually knew the ******* definition until I shoved it in their faces. Being accused of discrimination is bloody awful when you truly aren't prejudiced!

Your plight is one many literate people face. You have many allies sir.

You know words can mean more than one thing, right? From the Oxford English Dictionary. Definition of retard verb Pronunciation: /rɪˈtɑːd/ [with object] delay or hold back in terms of progress or development: his progress was retarded by his limp noun Pronunciation: /ˈriːtɑːd/ informal, offensive a person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse). So essentially you use a parachute to retard the velocity someone jumping from a plane. Unless he's a retard and doesn't have one on.

I think when using a word, you've got to consider the plethora of connotations it comes along with.

I am fully aware words can mean multiple things #103, there are just some older meanings people forget as the word is used for something else in our stagnant culture. Most of the time words lose meaning as they become used as insults.