{"id":19517,"date":"2025-05-11T21:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=19517"},"modified":"2025-05-11T21:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:22:29","slug":"what-word-do-you-despise-openbook-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=19517","title":{"rendered":"What Word Do You Despise? #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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May 12, 2025<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve talked about our favorite words. Is there a word you despise?<\/h3>\n

One you refuse to use in your writing?<\/h4>\n

Finding my favorite words was easy. But one I despise? Not so much. There are many ugly words in the English language. Some sound rough, while the meaning behind others is hurtful. I won’t list them here, because many people are offended just reading them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean I won’t use those words. But they rarely come up in my writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You want an example? How about racism? The word isn’t hard on the ears, but the philosophy behind it is against my beliefs.<\/p>\n

Then there are words that are used to denigrate women. You know them. I don’t need to spell them out. I have used them in my stories, but sparingly. The words carry a punch, but if overused, become meaningless. Which may be a good thing, but defeats the reason I include them.<\/p>\n

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So, I haven’t run into a word that is off-limits. Besides, eliminating the word doesn’t put an end to the ideology it represents. Words are tools for writers, and we need to keep all of them available for our use.<\/p>\n

Check out if any of our authors do have words they won’t use by following the links below.<\/p>\n

And, as always, please stay safe until the next time.<\/p>\n

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