To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I used to like the word of the day and when I read, highlight words that I didn't know and look them up.
Whenever I use an uncommon word, I try to indicate its meaning within the text.
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.
If words are doing their job, then their novelty will not be the most noticeable thing about them.
To be honest, I struggle with words. I often forget them, you know, the official ones. Instead, I make words up. I use home-made words that sound similar to the real thing. Usually, they're some sort of confused hybrid of two existing words.
In the afternoon, it's impossible to put down any new words. I don't even try.
My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word.
Writers who hedge their use of unfamiliar, infrequent, or informal words with 'I know that's not a real word,' hoping to distance themselves from criticism, run the risk of creating doubt where perhaps none would have naturally arisen.
Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
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