Collecting words and oddities.

LEGENDGOD1

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I thought it would be fun to create a fresh thread where people post their favorite replacements of casual/normal/overly used words. for example: he laughed can be written as he chuckled, chortled etc. OR things like accent problems,, would you rather use Centre or Center.

or doubts like: can we use 'i' or compulsory to use 'I'.

any odd thing that makes sense or any replacement word, give it here, I like it, I keep it in the edits below.
Lets go!

NOTE: The Words or edits are from commenters and myself, I do not take credit for any of this, I am just trying to make a huge library for certain things that would help new authors (Myself included) up their story writing skill even by a percent.

You can search up words and their meanings, but tits a hassle for most to find words that actually make a story's literature interesting, i hope these words, meanings and other stuff help my fellow writers.

EDITS for words:

For laughs:- boisterous guffaw, Chortled, Cackled,

For Talkative:- loquacious,

For pleasant/sweet/flowing sound:- mellifluous

For bringing strong visceral, emotional image:- evocative

for a possibility of something happening that is fearful:- trepidation

for talkative environment: cacophonous

For humming sounds: droning

for nervous and shy looking: mousy

for full of/filled:- Brimming

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EDITS for visceral scenes:

sweeps arms across the crowd in a grand, inclusive/exclusive gesture: Welcoming or denying gesture depending on word switch.

the air was thick with tension/warmth

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EDITS for Tones:
dry humour tone: wry tone

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EDITS for Words with meaning:

comfort or consolation in a time of distress: Solace

smirked: (started to reserve it for anyone but the MCs), I've been replacing it with scoffed in amusement or twisted smile

shiver/chill running down the spine (self-explanatory), I just use goosebumps

subterfuge: deceit used in order to achieve one's goal

insurmountable: too great to be overcome

surmountable: something (problem,riddle,situation) that isn't impossible to overcome

nigh: almost, close to

plethora: excessive amount of something

trivia: pieces of information of little importance or value

Disparage: regarded/ing something/someone of little worth

haymaker: a forceful blow
 

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I already do that in everyday life, but I do have a google doc somewhere about this!
loquacious, mellifluous, evocative, juxtaposition, and trepidation. I can only remember these off the top of my head right now.
 

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Chortled is good. I appreciate a boisterous guffaw.
 

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Off topic but related...

My novels often have several "tags" to a single character, like for example:

Lord Axel Aguinaldo, Duke of Cavite, Regent of the Empire

While in convo, I refer to him as:

1) Lord Axel
2) Lord Aguinaldo
3) Duke of Cavite
4) The regent
 

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Off topic but related...

My novels often have several "tags" to a single character, like for example:

Lord Axel Aguinaldo, Duke of Cavite, Regent of the Empire

While in convo, I refer to him as:

1) Lord Axel
2) Lord Aguinaldo
3) Duke of Cavite
4) The regent
I think Lord is a common word? I use it alot myself.
 

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