Words Vex
'Agreeance' is not a word. I heard it twice this week. Reading Constance Hale's 'Sin and Syntax' has made me a word freak. I'm also realizing some other things - that profanity and slang can allow me to miss on some very useful words. Dreadful, for example. I've been using the word 'rank' too often for things that are dreadful. I've been chiming:
"K's breath is SOOOOO rank!"
I wouldn't have to say SOOOOO if I just used a better word:
"K's breath is dreadful."
I could dig deeper with even more delicious adjectives:
"K has ghastly breath"
If I needed some emphasis:
"K's breath is absolutely fetid"
So, my pretties, find a slang word of high usage in your present vocabulary and after you replace it with something post feedback. We might all learn something!
3:18:32 PM 
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