Big Mouthing.

On a recent episode of the ABC TV show Cougar Town, Courtney Cox's character Jules admonished one of her friends not to "big mouth her."

Big mouthing in her world means using an obscure word when a familiar one will do.

On a recnet hike at Pinnacle Peak, I big mouthed a ranger. He and his colleague needled me about "talking fancy."

I've written before about the danger of using $10 words when $5 ones will suffice.

So, let this serve as a reminder: in life as in art, the lesson is to check your big fancy mouth--most of the time.