"Lol, wut?"
"I don't understand all that complicated stuff".
"That issue is simply too full of arcane regulations and byzantine rules for me to form an accurate assessment at this time."
They all mean the same thing, and each is appropriate in different circumstances. It's important to be able to use the latter rather than the former. Even if you never need it, having the unused capacity is simply better than being forced to tell a banker "lol, wut?"
They don't appreciate the humor. Honest, I checked.
So, how does someone develop a complex and varied vocabulary? Well, I know it's not really an easy suggestion, but read. And not newspapers and magazines, since they generally intentionally use grade school vocabularies. It has to be books, the hard and difficult kind. Since they use the good words, the ones that score bonus points for being both recognisable and nuanced. Then, after that, you still have to write, or at least speak, with those words. After all, practice makes it come easy like you're not trying.
Is it work? Yeah, but existing is work. Take it or leave it, but I like whipping out the big words every so often.
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