Bougie_Birdie , 5 hours ago

I’ll take a crack at this one. For what it’s worth, I think the first couple are just loanwords from another language which sometimes gets used incorrectly, and the last three are uncommon words in conversation. Know your audience.

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“This isn’t a meeting about the budget per se”

“This isn’t exactly a meeting about the budget”

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“The victim met their demise vis a vis poodle attack”

“The victim met their demise by way of poodle attack.”

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“Steve’s a real erudite.”

“Steve’s a real reader.”

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“Tom and Jerry is a fun cartoon because of the juxtaposition of the relationship between cat and mouse.”

“Tom and Jerry is a fun cartoon because of the oppositeness of the relationship between cat and mouse”

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“I don’t understand, can you elucidate on that?”

“I don’t understand, can you explain?”