Originally Posted by
lvlark
Much depends on the context in which he uses it. If, for example, you write this for a community where it's very common to use Latin phrases, not using Latin makes you sound stupid/out of place. Such a community may well exist for other reasons than pretensions, or trying to appear intelligent. I, for one, appreciate the language (even though I'm not very skilled at it). Certain Latin phrases (not this one I suppose) can't even be properly translated without using way too many words/building ugly sentences. The proposed solution of 'chagrin' instead of 'nausea' changes (slightly) the meaning of the sentence.