I've spent a shocking amount of time and effort in my life trying to work any old thing I write into a form that feels perfectly natural, not show-offy, not precious, not stiff or formal or condescending, but also not lazy, sloppy, smug, ignorant, cheesy, expected, etc. The reason I say this is... it hasn't worked. All that striving, and I still come across the wrong way, and no one really wants to read my stuff.