I'm Right?

 Today, as I worked on a crossword with some of my esteemed AP English classmates who I will not mention here, I claimed that the answer to the clue "Pretentious, informally" should be "hifalutin."  They quickly shot me down and claimed that I was wrong, citing one time last year where I claimed that a simile could exist without using "like" or "as" (don't ask).  But here, for you, I have proof:


According to The Free Dictionary: 
high·fa·lu·tin or hi·fa·lu·tin
 adj. Informal
Pompous or pretentious

This marks one of the many times when I have been right, but no one believed me because everyone thinks that I am crazy.  Fore some reason, everyone assumes that I like to make up facts.  Well, I don't.  I just have a vast store of useless knowledge, and no one wants to believe most of it.  I face laughter for many of my correct views.  Some other examples include:

1. The existence of crested newts
2. The fact that Volpone was talking about physical gold in that AP reading we did
3. It's better to peel bananas from the non-stem end
4. There are different shades of black depending on the mix of warm or cool colors

Occasionally, though, a new bit of knowledge destroys my world.  As when I learned that peppers are actually a fruit, not a vegetable.  Seriously?

 This is a crested newt.  IT EXISTS.