tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post9019797352848390919..comments2024-03-05T04:40:59.039-05:00Comments on STAIRCASE WRITING - Katharine Weber's Writing Journal: Words I Never UseKatharine Weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05933086172475315821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-81416447554854824582011-06-25T01:32:25.439-04:002011-06-25T01:32:25.439-04:00Cliche. I think it is inhuman. I love people and i...Cliche. I think it is inhuman. I love people and it hurts me when I see them trying to be other than what they are. Including me, of course. I tend to hate myself when that word has any influence on my thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-46912607631509786732011-06-16T11:36:58.015-04:002011-06-16T11:36:58.015-04:00Hmmm...I don't like the word "impervious,...Hmmm...I don't like the word "impervious," either. and "yuck." I hate "yuck."Laura Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021197723868815422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-84178369481312531712011-06-09T14:12:33.682-04:002011-06-09T14:12:33.682-04:00"Sammy" for the same reasons you dislike..."Sammy" for the same reasons you dislike veggies. It feels entirely inorganic, and I suspect was coined by a "sammy" chain's advertising team. <br /><br />"Authentic" is, with certain concrete exceptions, the most inauthentic word in the language. Ninety percent of the time, it's used to certify the subjective as objective while gussying the "authentic" claim with a tinge of truth and nostalgia.Londonhttp://brokengirl.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-7347069234278785022011-06-05T18:35:09.919-04:002011-06-05T18:35:09.919-04:00I am not fond of "equivocate." It makes...I am not fond of "equivocate." It makes me itchy.Debi Harbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251435964706916444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-22995486643113562992011-06-05T14:28:25.744-04:002011-06-05T14:28:25.744-04:00"awesome," and "really." Those..."awesome," and "really." Those start the list, but you can tell from these that I am often confronted with student writing.<br /><br />I don't much like "impervious." It's an awkward word.jessicahandlerhttp://www.jessicahandler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377939820740020150.post-61878368950097914452011-06-04T18:01:04.568-04:002011-06-04T18:01:04.568-04:00"Garlicky," esp. when followed by the al..."Garlicky," esp. when followed by the almost-inevitable "aïoli" (because if aïoli has no garlic in it, it's plain ol' mayonnaise, isn't it?)... the inscrutable expression "by design"... and the dreaded "had hads" -- whether spelled out or in awful contractions such as "I'd had..." -- which appear like magic in nearly every recent novel or autobiography.<br /><br />Thank you for letting me vent, and for writing such masterful books full of smarty-pants words ;-) TrixieTrixie and Dustin of TheTeaDrinker.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12642988581175927383noreply@blogger.com