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I hate these words

Rita Kind-Envy
UX Collective
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5 min readSep 19, 2024

A wounded man in formal attire collapses in the arms of another, while a duel participant stands in the distance with his sword lowered.
The Duel After the Masquerade by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1857, detail)

Which words are not welcome in UX writing?

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Written by Rita Kind-Envy

I'm a UX writer who mostly writes about writing. Sometimes I write about other things, though.

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Jones the fishmonger was putting up a sign: "Fresh Fish Sold Here". A passerby saw this and said, "You don't need to say 'Here', 'cause where else would you be selling them? And you don't need to say 'Sold', 'cause what fishmonger would give fish…

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Brilliant. Thank you!

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50 claps because more writers and designers (myself included) need to read this and learn to be concise.

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