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Thread #132499 Message #4170488
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
22-Apr-23 - 05:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
What a horribly pretentious word!
I agree that "filmic" is an ugly word but why pretentious? Filmic simply means related to films whereas "cinematic" expresses the feeling of film as an art form. Surely this would be the more pretentious word.