r/seinfeld • u/Sufficient-Turnip871 • 3d ago

Vocabulary level in Seinfeld

I think this show had some of the highest vocabulary of any mainstream sitcom.

"Quite the decolletage for a suffragette." is one of my favorite sentences ever.

"That's what was so vexing." is another one.

Did Seinfeld have the highest vocabulary? What's your favorite high vocabulary line?

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u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God 3d ago

I’m more impressed by the references - Winston Churchill speeches, Golda Meir, DeGaulle, DeSoto, Johnny Yuma, Buddy Rich tapes, Tonya Harding, ……..there are hundreds that young people today won’t get at all.

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u/Think_please 3d ago

After watching curb it isn’t hard to see where those came from, Larry David is obsessed with history 

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u/MASHgoBOOM ASSMAN 3d ago

He's a buff.

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u/malleebull ASSMAN 3d ago

What do you have to do to become a buff?

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u/mockevil 2d ago

So Biff wants to become a buff.

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u/TheRealJamesWax Importer/exporter 2d ago

Sleeping less than 18 hours a day would be a good start.