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If you could remove a word

User Profile: halcyonCloud2036
halcyonCloud2036 January 5th, 2022


If you could remove one word from your language, what would it be? and why?

For me, I would remove the word "no" because I feel like sometimes when that word is said or written, it can discourage people from trying or from feeling confident.

What word would you eliminate from your language and why?

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User Profile: globalBraid3744
globalBraid3744 January 5th, 2022

@halcyonCloud2036

Hey, I find it very interesting that you would remove a word no from your language. At the moment, contrary to you, I am learning to say no more because I have always been doing what others wanted from me and not what was making me happy my whole life and now I want to change it. I have a hard time trying to find a word that I would eliminate. It would probably be something negative, but on the other hand, it is important to know how to label negative emotions because it helps us cope with them.


User Profile: AffyAvo
AffyAvo January 5th, 2022

A word from a diagnosis- neurotic.

Years ago before HAE was understood it was HANE - hereditary angioneurotic edema.

It's now seen as an out of date, stigmatizing phrasing as well as just being incorrect.

For some reason though it still sticks around in some places.

User Profile: okarina
okarina January 5th, 2022

@halcyonCloud2036

I find no to be a very necessary word for dialogue, especially boundary setting.

I would take away the word "whatever".