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Now I'm not saying you should grab a thesaurus and try to jam in a bunch of ridiculous words you rarely use to try to sound smart. And jargon or industry-speak is YICK at best, or gatekeeping at its core. Using words to try to "be" something will result in nothing.
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The secret to using more exciting words in your writing is to start using more exciting words in your own vocabulary. This makes it more natural - you're simply using the word arrows in your well-loved writing quiver.
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Recently, I was chatting with a group of content creators and I mentioned a *current kerfuffle* happening in the media, and the group just about lost their minds. "That's such a good word!" "I'm gonna use that as a prompt this week." "Why don't we use words like that anymore?"
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Love ~ A fellow language lover who has spent her entire life being chastised by a minority of bullies for using "those 5-dollar words" when the term fit perfectly.
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