Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Another word for "Nice"

"Nice"
Definition: likable, agreeable

In my last post below, you'll notice that I said I was going to post up a new word each week. To some success I have used the word a couple times! Hurrah! However, I am bothered by the overuse of one particular word... Nice...

I remember back in grade eight, my teacher at the time had a personal vendetta against the word. I've finally understood why. It is overused by everybody and I am definitely one of them. I only noticed while at work, as I explain to customers about our clothe line, that nice was coming out once to often.

So after revisiting my childhood and remembering how often my grade eight teacher encouraged the use of other words, I have finally decided to look up other terms for the word nice. Obviously it's now learning how to use the other words properly, but I thought it would be fun all the same!

Here you are... other ways to say nice without actually saying it.

admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, fine and dandy, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty, obliging, okay, peachy, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, swell, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome

So now that you know over a kajillion other terms for the word nice, I encourage people to stop saying it! Or at least reduce it to a couple times a week!

The next word to heed my wrath! ... "Right"!?!

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