If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
If I could permanently ban a word that word would be “hate.”
I hate you, I hate Mondays, and I hate when that happens I have that sound and it goes on and on.
This word sort of rolls off of our tongues, doesn’t it? We hear the word hate so much that it no longer be longer has much meaning.
Hate should be powerful. I should have an impact, it should slam into us and knock us over with its intention.
When I think of the word hate, I think of hate crimes which symbolize true hatred directed at someone and has an impact. The word hate comes with a lot of baggage.
Whatever happened to words like dislike? Why do we choose the word hate? Do we use the word hate so we can quickly move on toward something else?
Using the word hate too much can make you come off as cynical or angry. It’s an easy word to replace in our daily language, instead of saying you “hate” that person, movie, or song, just say you “don’t like it.
From Pity to Praise 