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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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[–] GeorgeOrrBinks@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Intercourse just means exchange, connection or commerce. There's even a city in the US called Intercourse. The problem only came about when "sexual intercourse" became a popular euphemism and then people began dropping the "sexual" part.

[–] Yankee39pmr@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Intercourse, blue ball virginville, two lick Valley near Lancaster, pa

Climax, Rough and Ready, Puseyville, lover

Beaver (town and county), honey pot, honey hole

Mount Joy in Susquehanna County,

Good old puritan pa......

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

There's even a city in the US called Intercourse.

It can go hang out in Newfoundland with Conception Bay, Come by Chance, and Dildo.