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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] Belly84@alien.top 0 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Robert Jordan: She folded her arms under her breasts

[–] KindRoc@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This made me feel so icky I gave up the series around book 3. Why can’t the old perv have just said she crossed her arms?

[–] Donkeybreadth@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What were her breasts doing at the time though?

[–] nogovernormodule@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Smoothing her skirts

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