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Verbal methadone
Washington Monthly, July-August, 2004 by Charles Peters
"Nuance" is a word that crept into vogue about a decade ago. Since then it has flourished, like "ambiguity" and "dichotomy" during my college years, as a sign of the writer's intelligence. Too often it is used to suggest that there is something understood by the author but too complex for you to understand or him to explain in the limited space available.
At the Monthly, we used to have a list of similar faddish words posted on the wall under the heading "VERBOTEN." I recommend a similar fate for "nuance." Writers in need of a verbal methadone to help break the habit might give "subtlety" a try.
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