: Re: Words we may believe are neutral yet have restricted connotations Edit: Perhaps a list of words prone to mis-use would serve the need, here. Is anyone aware of a resource that lists

@Jessie137

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As a practical matter google's "define: [word]" will usually give you a sense of the emotional baggage heavy enough to affect the meanings.

Not sure of an easy way to check if the connotations match without having a beta reader point it out or looking it up, though, sorry. You could limit your writing to words with connotations you feel rock solid about (the highlight of Munroe's Thing Explainer is certainly its limited vocabulary) and many people do prefer lucid over complex prose anyway, but that can be less fun ;)

(To me time is more 2D than 3D, so I'd say something like "extensive time" (or interminable to be more humorous) instead of immensity or enormity. Enormous doesn't have the same bad connotations as enormity which may be why enormity escaped your notice)

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