Daily writing prompt
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
Banning words is ineffective, counterproductive, and fosters self-censorship, and fails to change underlying behaviors or prejudices. In many cases it makes people feel stigmatized rather than encouraging genuine communication. Just because you ban a word doesn’t do anything to change a person’s behavior or how they feel.
That being said, word have a profound, tangible power to encourage, heal, and build up, or to destroy, discourage, and cause emotional or spiritual death. Choosing our words carefully because we all have to deal with the consequences of those words.
From Pity to Praise 