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

submitted 11 months ago by PastaConsumer@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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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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[–] luckylizard@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Twilight - Meyer loves to describe Edward’s chest as “marble-like”

[–] antigone443@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

C H A G R I N

[–] Awit1992@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Incredulous. I swear to God she said it 100 times

[–] b-muff@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Someone is always “in pain” in those books. Never suffering, miserable, upset, sad, angry, grieving, depressed, melancholy, despondent. Only “in pain”.

[–] glitchywitch@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And don't forget about "murmured". Nobody in the Twilight books ever just Say anything, they murmur.

[–] Obversa@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The word "murmur" appears no less than 349 times in the Twilight book series.