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I think of this more as Hemingway-esque rather than Orwell-esque, but whenever I look at anything I wrote, I almost always take words out. > Bad writers, and e
by AlbertCory 3y ago
I think of this more as Hemingway-esque rather than Orwell-esque, but whenever I look at anything I wrote, I almost always take words out.
> Bad writers, and especially scientific, political, and sociological writers, are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones, and unnecessary words like expedite, ameliorate, predict, extraneous, deracinated, clandestine, subaqueous, and hundreds of others constantly gain ground from their Anglo-Saxon numbers(
Exactly. MBA-speak 101 == "Use the longer words. It sounds more management-y. We don't 'use' -- we 'utilize.' "
- jampekka 3y agoAnd MBA 201 leverage and capitalize on to enable and unlock.
- FpUser 3y ago>"Exactly. MBA-speak 101 == "Use the longer words. It sounds more management-y. We don't 'use' -- we 'utilize.' "" We do not read books, we do not eat food, we do not watch TV - we consume
- dbsmith83 3y agoReminds me of an interview I watched with an author where she used the word "bifurcated" instead of split, which made me chuckle, because she said "the book is actually bifurcated into two halves". Bifurcated already implies 2 parts ("bi"), so it seemed she was just using that word to sound smart. Who actually says bifurcated during a conversation?
- pi-e-sigma 3y agoUsing uncommon and complicated-sounding words actually works, but only on less educated people who don't know these words and don't know the context in which they are used.
- AlbertCory 3y agoNow I have to check if I've ever used "bifurcated." Guilty pleasure: I sorta like that word /s
- noSyncCloud 3y agoThe thing is there's absolutely nothing wrong with any of those words.
- AlbertCory 3y agoUnless you're using them just to sound smart or official, when there's a simpler word that means the same thing.