If you could permanently ban a word from
general usage, which one would it be? Why?
There are so
many words I’d like to do this with, but the one that comes most strongly to
mind right now is HATE. It’s so overused
and for everything from hating an airline to hating an entire group of people. Just scrolling Facebook, I saw it used
multiple times for little things and big things alike. I know sometimes we all need to vent, but is
it helpful to use this word over and over again to express our disgust with a
situation, idea, etc...? “I hate it” really isn’t saying much. Describe what it
is that you are feeling and why. Hate is such a broad word. Be specific. I challenge all of us to pay
attention to how much we hear or use this word ourselves, then make a concerted
effort to come up with other ways to describe how we feel without using that word. You’d be surprised how hard it can be to
eliminate just one word for your vocabulary.
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