What breaks your suspension of disbelief?

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Verisimilitude is an unusual word? And it's pronounced phonetically.

Ok, you got me there. Though at least it has the decency to mean what it sounds like to some extent.

Also, dialogue is special case. For a character to use an unusual word in speech would certainly break verisimilitude, but, depending on the writer's style, it might be acceptable in narrative.

You don't have a dictionary?

I do now, I didnt back then. Also, keep in mind this was something like 15-20 years ago, I was like... 10 years old. And yes, verisimilitude IS an unusual word. I have never once heard it used in any casual conversation. I have only read it in that one book that one time, and only ever used it myself in scenarios like this one. It might have been jammed into that V for Vendetta speech in the movie, but if it was, I missed it.