Thursday, July 14, 2011

The List

image from A Cup of Jo

According to Joanna Goddard, author of the amazing blog A Cup of Jo, when Kurt Anderson became the editor of New York Magazine, he posted a list of forbidden words.  Recently our friend Abby Pratt, author of the awesome blog Little Stories, posted a list of words that she disliked.  All this talk about condemned words made me start to wonder; are there any words I tend to avoid when writing?  Yes.

moist
tragedy (mostly because it's overused and in the wrong context)
epiphany
definitely
passion (also because it tends to be overused)
wifey
babe (in both referencing to a baby and to a significant other)
EVOO (this isn't a word; it's an anacronym)
pudge
baby bump

Are there any words that make you cringe whenever somebody uses them?  I'd love to know!

Love, Alli

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