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avoid very, use english

ANCIENT
VERY
STRANGE BIZARRE
VERY
WORRIED ANXIOUS
VERY
TASTY DELI
MUS
VERY
HAPPY
VERY
AFRAID TERRIFIED
VERY
WEAK FEEBLE
SERIOUS SOLEMN
VERY
DRY PARCHED
VERY
CLEAN / -Ess
VERY
VALUABLE PRE 008
VERY
COLD FREEZING
VERY
ANGRY FURIOUS
VERY
NEAT IMMACULATE
VERY
EAGER KEEN
BEAUTIFUL EXQUISITE
VERY
BRIGHT DAZZLING
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#9 - kyoutu (11/22/2015) [-]
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Avoid using the word very by over exagerating everything!
No, the ******* word exists for a reason.

This post is very annoying, not disturbing.
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User avatar #26 to #9 - ablakguy (11/22/2015) [-]
Use really instead of very. Robin Williams is now rolling in his grave. Oh captainwow my captainwow
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User avatar #25 to #9 - masdercheef (11/22/2015) [-]
******* A, man, you hit the nail on the head. There's a vast difference in scale between the two sides.

Very Clean - a great job cleaning, can't get much better than this.
Spotless - absolute perfection. There is literally nothing dirty about it.
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#18 - ieatsnatch (11/22/2015) [-]
"We couldn't have sex because her vagina was very dry parched."

Excellent work.
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#30 to #18 - Kingsly (11/22/2015) [-]
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was ****** up enough to think this.
My comment was going to be about OP's grandmother.
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#19 to #18 - anon (11/22/2015) [-]
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User avatar #10 - tsnkami ONLINE (11/22/2015) [-]
Jojo's Very Strange Adventure.
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#3 - ageofthegross (11/21/2015) [-]
if you're writing a story and you've got a good thing going, then you have to stop and look up a word to use so it doesn't sound 'boring', its the wrong word. Just use said, or asked or whatever, if your actual story is any good, none of that will matter
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User avatar #28 to #3 - MrDrProfessor (11/22/2015) [-]
That's not true. The editing process exists for a reason. There's nothing wrong with simple language but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try and expand your vocabulary. At the very least it's good to have options. Like everything else in life, you learn by looking things up. You wouldn't say oh don't learn multiplication you can just add to somebody who was doing work with small numbers. There's a difference between obviously inserting the first word you find in a thesaurus and changing your diction to give more vivid imagery or more enticing action
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#48 to #28 - ageofthegross (11/24/2015) [-]
Fair point, i just always see people writing stories or whatever and they feeel ike it cant be good writing without using pretentious words... i dunno, you need a balance i guess
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User avatar #7 - BlizzXonetwothree ONLINE (11/21/2015) [-]
The issue with charts like these is those words mean more than just the extremes of the words they're replacing. They all have their own connotations that can change what you're trying to say. Very is overused, but it still has its place. Plus if you use larger words all the time you come off as more pretentious than intelligent.
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#8 - hxhmaniac (11/22/2015) [-]
bizarre you say?
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#24 - madfunny (11/22/2015) [-]
Great movie.
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User avatar #31 - trollmobile ONLINE (11/22/2015) [-]
no, use both.
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#23 - anon (11/22/2015) [-]
Sometimes it's more appropriate to use 'very'. Trying to make such strict rules for language never works well.
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#20 - imho (11/22/2015) [-]
very bad = doubleplus ungood
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#47 - mobilebull (11/22/2015) [-]
**mobilebull used "*roll picture*"**
**mobilebull rolled image** Very dank
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User avatar #43 - exstacy (11/22/2015) [-]
This list is very helpful. I'm very grateful.
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#40 - theoldfritz (11/22/2015) [-]
This Potzdam Magas in Ancient
This Potzdam Magas in very old
you see the difference?
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#39 - daemonicdemeanor (11/22/2015) [-]
**daemonicdemeanor used "*roll picture*"**
**daemonicdemeanor rolled image**And now a ******* thesaurus is content...
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User avatar #34 - vladhellsing (11/22/2015) [-]
Very ancient
Very bizzare
Very anxious
Very delicious
Very jubilant
Very terrified
Very feeble
Very hideous
Very solemn
Very parched
Very spotless
Very precious
Very freezing
Very furious
Very immaculate
Very keen
Very famished
Very awful
Very exquisite
Very dazzling
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#35 to #34 - shadowvision (11/22/2015) [-]
Archaic
Occult
Paranoid
Orgasmic
Ecstatic
Petrified
Comatose
Grotesque
Stoic
Dehydrated
Immaculate
Treasured
Frostbitten
Livid
Sterile
Absorbed
Ravenous
Despicable
Exemplary
Blinding

We could go on for a while with this.
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User avatar #37 to #35 - vladhellsing (11/22/2015) [-]
Most of those are shared synonyms.
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#38 to #37 - shadowvision (11/22/2015) [-]
Isn't that the point though? I will admit, some of them are reaching a bit.
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User avatar #41 to #38 - vladhellsing (11/22/2015) [-]
There's no sense of escalation. There's a clear hierarchy between words such as 'big', 'huge' and 'humongous' with each being a "very" version of the previous. "Archaic" doesn't necessarily trump "ancient" - some older gentlemen may still adhere to archaic traditions of, say, the Victorian era but that doesn't make them "ancient". Likewise, "occult" has a strong connotation to dark, esoteric mysticism and magic which has a very different connotation to "bizarre". You can have a painting that's both occult and bizarre in nature, but you can't have a boulder that's both big and large.

You follow?
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#42 to #41 - shadowvision (11/22/2015) [-]
I didn't think a cheeky comment and reply would lead to such a good conversation on semiotics. I agree actually, and that's one of the problems with using more and more precise words to describe something. The more extreme the word choice, the fewer situations it can be used in. The more "very"s you account for, the more exact the word usage inherently must be. I suppose I could have used pre-historic instead of archaic, but I like the sound of archaic.
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User avatar #44 to #42 - vladhellsing (11/22/2015) [-]
That's the problem with English; too many words meaning the same thing with only slight variations in context.
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#45 to #44 - shadowvision (11/22/2015) [-]
Yep. I have so many word bouncing in my brain that I often forget a critical word in the middle of a conversation. Not that sucks. Something as common as "advantage" even. I then need to pause, and describe the word I'm trying to use. Pisses me off.
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User avatar #46 to #45 - vladhellsing (11/22/2015) [-]
It's especially frustrating when you can almost picture the word in your brain, you know what letter it starts with and roughly what it sounds like, but can't get the word itself to materialise until long after it was required.
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#33 - anon (11/22/2015) [-]
"Why did grandpa die? "

"He was turned ancient, son."
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User avatar #29 - MrDrProfessor (11/22/2015) [-]
In this post: funny junk users explain why it's completely useless to ever expand your vocabulary
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#27 - cursesnew (11/22/2015) [-]
Or just replace Very with Quite and all of those will sound British again.
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User avatar #22 - corsairjoshua (11/22/2015) [-]
Jubilant is a nice word. I should use it more often
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#21 - sifterthesniperz (11/22/2015) [-]
Very Fat Your mom
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