Just a little bitching before the weekend about something that really gets my goat: I picked up the Village Voice this morning just to see what might be happening in this fine metropolis and I'm checking out the music section. I'm scanning the articles, and in three separate instances, in the same section(!), the word "triumphant" is used in subtitles. The overuse of certain words in music "journalism" really makes me crazy...when you read enough stories, reviews, and books about music, you start to pick up on these types of things.
Number 1 on the annoyance list - "fiercely independent." "Triumphant" has quickly moved to #2, just ahead of "essential" at #3. Don't any of you guys own a thesaurus? Or are you all in need of a decent editor? Please! Put a little bit of an effort in!
2 comments:
I don't know that it's so much lazy as it is getting a word in your head and not realizing you're using it over and over. It's humiliating to be caught at it, I know that. If the writers in question see this post, and they're honest with themselves, they'll say, "Aw, crap, I've got to look out for that."
Then they'll triumphantly and fiercely independently burst for the front door. Which is essential for egress.
Ha ha...thanks for the comment!
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