http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:42:41 +0000 c606570@http://metachat.org Hrm. Not adjectives, and maybe not what you are really going for, but when I was a scientist, writing lots of papers and having to bolster my points over and over again, I would write "moreover", "furthermore", "likewise" way way too much. (I just looked at one of my old articles, and I saw 4 "moreovers" in the discussion without looking very closely at all. Argh! I noticed it while I was writing it of course, but when you are making point after point about the same phenomenon, there's not a ton of different words you can use.
Not adjectives, and maybe not what you are really going for, but when I was a scientist, writing lots of papers and having to bolster my points over and over again, I would write "moreover", "furthermore", "likewise" way way too much. (I just looked at one of my old articles, and I saw 4 "moreovers" in the discussion without looking very closely at all. Argh! I noticed it while I was writing it of course, but when you are making point after point about the same phenomenon, there's not a ton of different words you can use.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606570 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:01:41 +0000 c606572@http://metachat.org My latest pet peeve is "actually". Also, "really?" when used as a question, particularly when used to convey dismay. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606572 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:07:04 +0000 c606573@http://metachat.org Along with Ardiril's "actually," I would include, "in fact." Used sparingly, it sets up an opposition between perception and reality. Used frequently, it leaves this reader wondering if every other sentence is a lie. It's almost unnecessary to mention but deploying "very" in writing is usually either a waste or a sign of a stunted vocabulary. The verb, "To gift." Once ever is way too many.
It's almost unnecessary to mention but deploying "very" in writing is usually either a waste or a sign of a stunted vocabulary.

The verb, "To gift." Once ever is way too many.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606573 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:46:44 +0000 c606576@http://metachat.org a/an, the, and. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606576 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:47:57 +0000 c606577@http://metachat.org And for a different reason, the word "or." Because "xor" does not get the play it should. xor" does not get the play it should.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606577 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:12:22 +0000 c606580@http://metachat.org "Very"!!! - Oh, yes, good one. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606580 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:43:32 +0000 c606584@http://metachat.org I heartily abuse apparently and seem, which I faintly remember as being vaguely Japanese in nature, of a kind of politeness or social construct, not assuming you can know for sure. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606584 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:54:23 +0000 c606585@http://metachat.org A friend of mine hated "weird" for the same reasons you mentioned disliking "interesting," though "weird" is less formal. "Nice" is another non-word word.
"Nice" is another non-word word.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606585 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:56:39 +0000 c606591@http://metachat.org I abuse every word mentioned so far--with the exception of "likewise" (have to add that to my arsenal)-- and quite a few more. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606591 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:15:52 +0000 c606595@http://metachat.org opinion blasted friended like googled "outside the box" "kicked out" "sort of" "can't stand" "drive -- crazy" abuse blasted
friended
like
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"outside the box"
"kicked out"
"sort of"
"can't stand"
"drive -- crazy"
abuse]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606595 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:29:56 +0000 c606602@http://metachat.org In my world? Like. I say it, like, all the time. Ugh. And awesome. I say awesome way too much.
And awesome. I say awesome way too much.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/23/what_words_would_you_consider_to_be_the#c606602