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What SRD word have you grown to HATE! ;-)

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We have all benefited immeasurably by SRD's vocabulary expanding prose. But there are some words or short expressions that I'm sure we've grown to HATE ;) .

Mine is from Runes - Formication
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I've found these words become especially annoying when you listen to the CDs (Runes has 22 of them!!)

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I'll have to second "formication." For some reason, "crepuscular" comes to mind as well -is this an SRD word, or do I have an aversion to anything that sounds distasteful?
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puissant...

everything is puissant :?
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Furls has my word--I even mentioned in my review at Amazon.com that one word was repeated too much...that's the one.
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I agree with puissant and formication. Gah!
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I have no complaints.
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ineffable is used a lot as is' Linden groaned'
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unambergrised
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By the end of TOT, I never wanted to hear "Don't touch me" again. I seem to have recovered though.
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Don't touch me.
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CovenantJr wrote:By the end of TOT, I never wanted to hear "Don't touch me" again. I seem to have recovered though.
And then it was "You never loved me anyway." Don't forget that one.
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Hellfire got on my nerves...It just doesn't naturally roll off my tongue.
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ook wrote:'Linden groaned'
Hahahaha. No kidding. I'm sick of that phrase already. And I'm only on page 136.

I don't know if I have any personal pet peeves. Being a person of bad english to begin with, I tend to forget most of the words I don't understand anyway. Heh.-jay
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Well, one word I've noticed him use quite a bit was "alacrity". Actually had to look the damn word up.

And I remember when I was getting ready to reread the second chrons, I remembered him use the word "severity" when talking about Linden. It's one thing that really stood out to me.

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PUISSANCE

I *hate* that word! :x
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Cail wrote:Hellfire got on my nerves...It just doesn't naturally roll off my tongue.
"Hellfire" is pretty common in the southeast - but "bloody damnation" isn't.
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"Argence" is kinda starting to grate on my nerves. I know it's neccessary, but still...
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The one I don't like is "roynish." No offense to the Watcher by that name. I just think it's an ugly word, and every time he describes an ur-vile he uses it. It was cool the first couple times, but after that I just wanted a new word.
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After White Gold Wielder I was getting pretty sick of 'Apotheosis'.
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dlbpharmd wrote:unambergrised
:lol: Don't let Fist see that...unambergrised is his favorite word :lol:
And I believe in you
altho you never asked me too
I will remember you
and what life put you thru.

~fly fly little wing, fly where only angels sing~

~this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you~

...for then I could fly away and be at rest. Sweet rest, Mom. We all love and miss you.

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