annihilate, categories…

But I’ll let you in on a little secret. Your reader does not like to sit and read with a dictionary at hand, nor does he like to pause and consider whether a word is correctly used, according to HIS semantics.

Learning how to use common, everyday words in new and refreshing ways and combinations will appeal much more to the average reader.

Reading should be easy. Even the white space between the lines of text are wide enough to provide an avenue for the eye to travel back to the beginning of the next line. A description is useless unless every single word is clearly understood. Painting a “picture” in the reader’s own vocabulary is the best way to make the reading experience enjoyable.

I’m not saying that a dazzling word isn’t a plus now and then. But the first priority for the written word is communication. One shouldn’t ever lose sight of that fact.

If you’re still in the market for long words, though, here’s my most recent favorite:

hemidemisemiquaver