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NitroNina Initiate (Perquisite Pending) Since: Sep, 2020
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Mar 28th 2021 at 7:00:14 PM •••

I have removed the example of Rupi Kaur's "Like the rainbow/ After the rain/ Joy will reveal itself/ After sorrow" from The Sun And Her Flowers. It does not include an overuse of 'meaningful' words, being a rather short and to-the-point poem no matter how simple or oft-used its metaphor is.

Edited by NitroNina
SeptimusHeap MOD (Edited uphill both ways)
Mar 20th 2021 at 10:54:41 AM •••

Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Complaining, started by SantosLHalper on Nov 24th 2013 at 1:19:57 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Alvin Since: Feb, 2012
Jul 7th 2012 at 10:41:27 PM •••

Regarding the Tru TV slogan "Not reality, actuality.": a family member used to work at a radio station, and the word 'actuality' was used to mean an audio clip of an event played during a news report of that event. So it sounds sillier to us than it does to them. And the debasement of the word 'reality' by 'reality shows' is not their fault.

RTanker Since: Oct, 2010
Mar 3rd 2011 at 4:10:42 PM •••

Cut this:

* Many Atheists will consider "god" to be one of these words, especially if they've heard numerous bad arguments from theists.
Because whether you believe in God or not, the word has a very clear and well-understood meaning, known to believers and non-believers alike. A word is by itself never an example of this trope. The words Orwell lists on the quotes page like "birth," "death," etc., are likewise perfectly ordinary, clear words that are used in ordinary, clear ways all the time. They can be used in examples of this trope, as, I suppose, could the word "God," but none of these words are examples by themselves.

Edited by RTanker
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