It might be a neurodivergent trait; the need to use the right word to communicate exactly the right meaning even if it runs to several syllables.
It might lose a few people, but I’ve got to say what I mean.
Speaking as someone who got his ADHD diagnosis late and felt chronically misunderstood for his entire adolescence, I’m gonna go with
And then someone else comes along in a different comment and says what I wanted to say with words of fewer than three syllables
Beginner’s luck!
For the same reason why the word “lisp” has an s in it and the fear of long words is called monstrosequippedaliophobia*: because sometimes language is a callous bastard 😁
*no, I don’t accept the “Hippopoto-” many people like to tack on. Unlike the rest of the word, which describes EXACTLY what the word means, adding a large semi-aquatic mammal serves no purpose other than lengthening an already monstrously equipped dalio.