swot

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> Excuse my interrupting, but swot is slang and generally used in English

> schools to make fun of those who study hard. I wouldn't use the word in

> serious writing.

 

Thankyou Maharaja for the input. Actually Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura would sometimes amidst a flow of highblown words suddenly by way of

contrast insert a colloquialism or slang word, thus giving zing to his

pointing out a grossness or absurdity. So in a book about him it may not be

inappropriate to occasionally use a similar approach.

 

Here's what I'm working on (these sentences are not yet finalized):

 

"The highly accomplished scholarship of many Gaudiya Matha preachers was

cited by numerous prakrta-sahajiyas as evidence of them being jnanis and not

devotees at all. Yet ironically, certain mundane academics slyly tried to

bypass engaging with Gaudiya Matha panditas by dismissing their predilection

for hari-bhakti as so overwhelmingly foolish as to nullify all their

apparent learning and render their scholarly constructions unfit for perusal

by any self-respecting swot."

 

Do you think intellectual Americans will understand the anglicism 'swot'?