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Well, my good fellow, I shall tell thee with all the vivaciousness and wanton randomosity of a bumbling circus high wirer performer. That is to say, sadly, that I shall fall over my words and fall flat on my face. And even if I didn't? I shall dive from my chair and fall flat on my face, for the fun of it.
It was quite remarkable, and somewhat disturbing, when a friend approached me (such actions are often quite scary to begin with, but this was a great deal more so) and expressed her shock and awe that I really do use 'old fashioned' words, colouful language that would not be amiss in a dismally made 30s period drama, which I found shockingly aweful.
As such, I polled my friends (that is to say, I lined them up and tied them to a pole) and many, though not all, I hasten to add (these I released back into the wild) felt surprise at my non conformist and random use of lesser known words in the beginning.
It is because, old chap, the English language is distinctly blessed to have four times the number of words than the French language - this is because there are more sources that our words derive from: Celtic, Gaelic, Norse, Saxon, Latin, French etc. When I learned this fact I became sad. I, too, became depressed, at the thought that we simply do not use all these words to their full potential. I was sad, and depressed. But not no more! Like Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat (not sure what they had when films were in black and white), I donned my cape and fedora, scrawled, within an inch of its life, with random words that I've long since forgotten the meaning to. And misuse them at my will.
Furthermore, I was surprised I was the first of such a person they had come across. Here, and on the internet elsewhere, others use delightfully unfrequented words
Phew. I'm knackered now! 
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.
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