Yeah, I got that whole "big words" thing as a kid. Of course, being dirt poor and an undersized boy didn't help me in social circles, either. I never had more than two friends at a time before 8th grade.

Ultimately I found social success by consciously blending my "big words" with foul language and slang (go figure... check the nickname), and embraced an absurd sense of humor. In this way I still came off as smart, but not too good for people.

DD7 is doing reasonably well for herself socially with two of those three accommodations, the missing one being the foul language, so good for her. Of course, she's also not undersized, a boy, nor dirt poor.