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The title reminds one of Orwell’s essay on the English language. Other than his essay about having to shoot an elephant, it’s my favorite. https://www.orwellfou

• redbar0n 6y ago
  I was going to conclude with an exhausted sigh of TL;DR (ironically enough), but then I scrolled down to the bottom and found the gist: " I think the following rules will cover most cases: i. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do. iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active. v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous. "