twenty-five cent word

Noun

Canada US dated

(Canada, US, dated) Synonym of ten-dollar word.

Japanese Meaning

見かけをよくするため、あえて使われる堅苦しく装飾的な単語。 / 日常会話ではなく、知的な雰囲気や自己顕示のために用いられる、難解で派手な言葉。

When she wanted to sound impressive, she would drop a twenty-five cent word into her conversation.

格好をつけたいとき、彼女は会話に小難しい言葉を一つ混ぜ込んだ。

Sense（1）

(Canada, US, dated) Synonym of ten-dollar word.

The old man chuckled. “Well, you can bandy twenty-five cent words all you want, but— Say! we’ve never had a talk like this before, have we? […] ”

twenty-five cent words

（ plural ）