Was at a coffee shop last week and heard some lady say 'demure' like 3 times in one conversation

She used it to describe a latte, her outfit, and then the weather. Has anyone else noticed people digging up these old words from the 1800s just to sound classy?

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morganhill1mo ago

Wait, demure hasn't been an 1800s word though - people have used it pretty steadily, just not in every day talk like that. Sounds like she was just trying too hard to be fancy.

graceblack1mo ago

Wait, @morganhill is she seriously calling 'demure' an 1800s word?

oliviagrant25d ago

Is it possible she was being kind of sarcastic or playing a game with herself? Like maybe she was using that old timey word to see if anyone would side-eye her, you know, testing how far she could take it before someone called it out. I've done stuff like that before where I pick a weird word and just force it into every sentence for my own amusement, makes a boring errand a little more fun.