Various Meanings for one word....

I stopped doing that when I noticed people's eyes glaze over. So now I only do it when writing or talking on the phone! LOL Language properly used is a beautiful thing...........

I keep my dictionary and my Thesaurus handy all the time. To me, there's nothing worse than a badly written and boring piece of writing. I quite often find myself using the same descriptive word twice....that certainly won't do so I search for a similar word.

Sometimes I do write short stories in my native language. And when I am doing so I always try to find alternative words and stop using the same words in a repetitive manner. however it is very time consuming and I only do that when I am in creative writing. otherwise I would not bother about that.

I use various words to describe things only when they are appropriate. If I am really angry, telling someone I am p!ssed doesn't quite get the point across. Now if I say, I am livid (my personal fav) then I am sure my feelings are portrayed loud and clear! But I have noticed that my extensive vocabulary is wasted on some. So I have had to come up with more creative ways to express my feelings to people who are frightened by big words. For example, instead if saying I am livid, to someone who doesn't know what that word means, I say, I am Sixty degrees PASSED p!ssed. That they understand. Now let me tell you....there is NOTHING that perturbs me more than someone who uses a word to describe something it doesn't. You know, the people who use big words to try to make themselves sound intelligent yet they only end up showing that they are more of an imbecile because they don't even know the definition of the words they are using....or they mispronounce them. Those things agitate me beyond belief!