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Do you ever notice an author using a word over and over again? (alien.top)

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I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.

Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?

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[–] justhereforbaking@alien.top 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Recently read "Something New Under the Sun" by Alexandra Kleeman- it's amazing BTW- and I swear she used the word indelible 15 times. I read her short story collection Intimations right afterward and kept my eyes peeled for any instances of the word, but it didn't make an appearance lol.

Shoutout to Tolkien for having his characters spring back a lot!

[–] earth_searched@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

"You too can have a body like mine" is also great