Why I HATE the Word "Very"

This Quote says it ALL!!!

 In the movie the Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams plays a phenomenal character named John Keating. Now, the debate continues on whether or not a person that was similar to John Keating actually existed but one thing is for certain, real or fictional, he nailed it when it came to using the word "very".  Oh, how I despise the word very. (Note: I could have said I really hate it which has turned into the first person equivalent of saying very which is grammatically incorrect but that subject is for another time) When you use that WORD you miss out on truly expressing yourself as a human. I mean isn't that partly what makes us human? The ability to express ourselves? When expressing yourself there are no shortcuts! 

                                                                                   

So why do we insist on taking these silly shortcuts? Well, really it's because we're lazy even I am guilty of using this word, very, and to be honest I realize that I stifled creativity and the very gift God gave me - to communicate. Right now I am doing something amazing, and only one species can do it. I am putting words onto a screen, and I am expressing complex thoughts to another person at the other end of this screen. How fantastic is that! I mean, how many creatures can do this? We, as Humans have a special gift, and it's time we stopped wasting our gift on these less than imaginative words like very. It's time we as a society realize how much harm we do when we use this word, very, or anything like it.

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So How do We Fix this Problem?

 So, what are the ways to fix this nasty habit of ours. Well I can really only think of two ways, but I think they might go a long way in increasing your vocabulary, and the best part? You won't have to read a dictionary!

1. Use the Googles
 No joke this will be the best way to increase your vocabulary. Just Google (word) and thesaurus and bam!!! You will be using words like platitudinous in no time. (If you know what that word means go ahead and laugh)

2. Read a Book you Uncultured Swine
I met a kid who was extremely intelligent and you knew how smart he was as soon as he opened his mouth using big words like gratuitous to bombastic and even the occasional guffaw left his mouth. Needless to say super smart. So I asked him one day "How did you get so smart?". He replied "Well I read a lot of books." (He dumbed it down so I could understand him.)

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So we talked and I really didn't say much, but I hope if  you learned one thing: It's that our ability to communicate is beautiful so why waste it on words like "Very".