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by E. A. Bourland | Aug 25, 2016
(hello there. if you don't want to sound like a flimsy marketer or a "large language model", be careful with these words.)
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, and so on
let me decide for myself if something is amazing
amazing means you stand and stare at something, not necessarily because it's neato
breathtaking
brilliant
chilling
effervescent
egregious . . . this word means "out of the flock", or outstanding, which can be good or bad; it used to mean "very good in quality"; in any case, don't use it, it makes you sound frantic
epic
extraordinary
fierce
honestly
incendiary
incredible
innovative . . . this word is used by someone who is trying to sell something. It just means new.
insane
literally . . . sounds shrill and anxious.
luminous
magnificent
mammoth
pivotal
premium
really
scintillating
severely
shocking
spectacular
staggeringly
stupendous, stupefying, and so on
super
terrifying
tragic
ultimate
whopping
wildly
You get the idea. Don't write like a book blurb.
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