I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.
Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?
When I used to read a lot of Star Wars novels, the author of one of the New Jedi Order series REALLY loved the phrase “I’ve not.”
“I’ve not been to Fuckelton Prime.”
“You’ve not been there?”
“No I’ve not.”
Like, why do you have against “I haven’t?”