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Originally Posted by ardeegee
I don't "get on campaigns" about words at all. I'm making a conversational argument on a message board that I read regularly because I have a little time to kill and am attempting to procrastinate on doing real work. Trust me, I don't give the word as much as a single thought when it isn't being brought up here.
And it struck me the exact "mood" that rubs me the wrong way about trying to push the word-- it is like the annoying little kid that nobody likes following you around and asking to be your friend. Sure, you might become friends if it developed naturally, but consciously trying to force it simply by showing up all the time and hoping people will eventually stop ignoring you comes off as really clingy, needy, and pathetic-- and excessive exposure to "pathetic" quickly pushes one over the line from sympathy to contempt.
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Chill-pill needed I think. Hot summer afternoon (at least here) and you're here throwing around words like 'pathetic'. There's no campaign, no horrible Liseuse conspiracy to come and replace all your good, upstanding words in the middle of the night. We, those who like the word Liseuse, will continue to use the word and from time to time advocate (light-heartedly) its usage in threads such as this (even write a short story or two with the word prominently displayed).
Sleep well citizen. We, the users of the 'forbidden word' will not be replacing your e-reader...ebook...ereader...book-reader...electronic-novel....whatever you're calling it, in the darkest part of the night.
