Words that drive you crazy

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Keeping with the theme. . .

b**b.​

I can't even write it. Does that mean I'm a pr**e? I don't think I am. I just don't like cr**sn**s.

Actually, I think cr**sn**s f**king s**ks.

:D
 

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Keeping with the theme. . .

b**b.​

I can't even write it. Does that mean I'm a pr**e? I don't think I am. I just don't like cr**sn**s.

Actually, I think cr**sn**s f**king s**ks.

:D

Huh? I ba**ly unders***d * w**d *f t**t.
 

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Keeping with the theme. . .

b**b.​

I can't even write it. Does that mean I'm a pr**e? I don't think I am. I just don't like cr**sn**s.

Actually, I think cr**sn**s f**king s**ks.

:D

Okay, I think I've got it all figured out. Translation:
bulb.​

I can't even write it. Does that mean I'm a prize? I don't think I am. I just don't like Christmas.

Actually, I think Christmas farthing silks.
 

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Then this sentence will certainly enthrall the last three posters: Sluts with boobs wear panties.

;) Honest, I'm not as pervy as that sounded.

As recently mentioned to a dear friend of mine, factoids shreds my nerves.

Lyx
 

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Then this sentence will certainly enthrall the last three posters: Sluts with boobs wear panties.

;) Honest, I'm not as pervy as that sounded.

As recently mentioned to a dear friend of mine, factoids shreds my nerves.

Lyx
So what do you call women who don't wear ...

Oh never mind. I'm not going to do this to the long-suffering Birol.:tongue

Nice shirt, Lyx.
 

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Re:
Originally Posted by Lyxdeslic: Then this sentence will certainly enthrall the last three posters: Sluts with boobs wear panties.

;) Honest, I'm not as pervy as that sounded.

As recently mentioned to a dear friend of mine, factoids shreds my nerves.

Lyx
Also, re:
Originally Posted by Devil Ledbetter: So what do you call women who don't wear ...

Oh never mind. I'm not going to do this to the long-suffering Birol.:tongue

Nice shirt, Lyx.

Caution, you two. Might we* remind you this thread is dedicated to serious discussion and is not your personal playground? You have highjacked this thread for your own highjinks, verbally sparring. . .fine, not verbally, but you catch the drift.

Consider this your one and only warning. Restrain yourselves, lest you find yourselves on the outside looking in, noses pressed flat against the glass.**? Continue on, and you shall be banned from this thread, nay, this site. Is that what you want, Devil Ledbetter? How about you, Lyx-whatever?

I*** thought not.



*aka, 'the AW community.' This poster speaks for all, metaphorically.

**aka, 'monitor screen.' "Glass" is metaphorical, in a sense.

***aka, 'we' meaning, us guys in this here AW community thingie. . .

:D
 
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Also, re:


Caution, you two. Might we* remind you this thread is dedicated to serious discussion and is not your personal playground? You have highjacked this thread for your own highjinks, verbally sparring. . .fine, not verbally, but you catch the drift.

Consider this your one and only warning. Restrain yourselves, lest you find yourselves on the outside looking in, noses pressed flat against the glass.**? Continue on, and you shall be banned from this thread, nay, this site. Is that what you want, Devil Ledbetter? How about you, Lyx-whatever?

I*** thought not.



*aka, 'the AW community.' This poster speaks for all, metaphorically.

**aka, 'monitor screen.' "Glass" is metaphorical, in a sense.

***aka, 'we' meaning, us guys in this here AW community thingie. . .

:D
Congratulations Kbbe, on your promotion to AW Supermod!:PartySmil
 

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Is "towards" even a word? How can you pluralize something that is not a noun? It's not a verb either, so don't even go there. I don't get it. I cannot stand "besides" or "sideways" I think backward and backwards are similar in this way.

Anyhow, are there words that you refuse to use while writing? Why?

Toward and towards actually mean the same thing.

Move toward him versus move towards him.

I think there is regional variation in the use of those two words. But I tend to use both and then need to go back and pick a form and stick with it for the remainder of the novel.

I agree you can't stand besides someone, and the word besides means something very different from beside. But I think sideways is used more often than sideway these days, at least in the states.

I just used one of my own pet peeves in this post "and then." And and then are both stand alones, so you don't need to say "and then," but I still do sometimes, then have to go back and ruthlessly edit.
 
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Here's one I've recently had a problem with: pussy. I write erotica, and I'm usually pretty explicit, but I hate that word. It just looks and sounds stupid to me. Takes me right out of whatever I'm reading or writing. My editor didn't want me to use euphemisms, but it's either that or the clinical terms. Fortunately, she gave in. :-D
 

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When anybody uses (like) as a filler. Also, the word "moist" it just rubs me completely the wrong way.
 

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It's not actually a word, I know, but I really really really can't stand it: kthxbai...

Nooooooooo. It's not a word, it's not an abbreviation, it's just... stupid...text.... gah!
It doesn't even mean anything, 'Okay, thanks, bye'? Just, just....

Obviously I don't like it.
 

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I thought I was the only one who hated "towards"! This isn't very common in fiction writing, but I must admit that I go nuts when someone uses "percent" in place of "percentage".
 

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It's not actually a word, I know, but I really really really can't stand it: kthxbai...

I never understood why "bye" is spelled "bai." Same number of letters.
 
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