Don't say "very accurate," say "exact"
"exact" is a synonym for "very precise," not "very accurate."
this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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Its a fuckin ad
Apologetic for taking a compelling, downy shit on your porch.
My penis is ~~very hard~~ difficult
Better than petite and downy.
My penis is ~~very difficult~~ arduous
I also heard it was obese and kind.
v cool thanks op
ad, silence, brand
Verily verily verily verily, life is but a stream~
Yeah, so, you can still add "very" in front of all these words, so check-mate! :V
This reminds me of a teacher I had in elementary school that hated the word "stuff." It was banned from his classroom and you would lose points if you ever used the word in assignments.
Not sure why, but that really stuck with me, and I still try to avoid using the word when I can.
There's almost always a better word to use.
And things
Don't say
I'll say whatever the fuck I want however I want to. If you don't like it, you're free to leave.
Very free
One might even say "unrestricted"
You don't have to be so very exasperated about it :( /s
Real, hella, and doubleplus also work
What psychopath would say “that car looks swift!” vs “that car looks very fast”
Just say zoombastic like a normal person.
This is a very shitty (craptastic) advert
It's not a guide, it's a list.
This list is very silly.
Not just because the meanings are off for many of them and "very" is fun to use sometimes, but because you need multiple replacement options for the different contexts of common adjectives. It would've been more helpful to provide 4-5 options for 25-30 words.
But it's not meant to be helpful, it's not a YSK, it's just an ad for some proofreading company.
don't say "very accurate"; say "exact"
First line of this infographic is already deeply misleading. It's the equivalent of:
don't say "very good"; say "perfect"
It's overly superlative compared to what it's trying to replace. "Exact" is inherently "very accurate", but "very accurate" is not inherently "exact".
0.01 mm off is very accurate.
0.0 mm off is exact.
“Amiable” is not “very friendly” - complete nonsense.
But ChatGPT helped me write this graphic in only 30 minutes, and it's exact.
Yeah, I retract my comment. The SVG cat with the Peter Griffin ballsack chin told me it's fine.
Very nice list
Who says "very frightened"? They just say "terrified", which is surprisingly NOT what the infographic recommends! And "very perfect" is just nonsense. So is "very well-to-do", which feels like they worked backwards instead of figuring out what "very wealthy" would be.
These guys need to proofread their own work, I guess.
Alternatively, instead of using the "very" prefix, you can use the "as fuck" suffix. Check it out: Noisy as fuck. Tasty as fuck. Important as fuck. If you really want to underline your point though, combine them. For example, when you want to express the gravity of the situation or something, say "This situation is very grave as fuck!". See what I mean? Now that's what I call very eloquent as fuck prose, shit that'll suck the air out of the room for sure.
I'm very sick. - I am bedridden.
I'm sick as fuck. - I am amazing.
Instead of "it hurt very much" you can say "it hurt a fuckton."
Do you see this brief girl with the ashen face and the constricting pants that only covered tiny of her butt? That top had a profound cutout and looked slackon her. I’m apologetic you didn’t see her. She looked like she carried leaden handbag though.
I very much, very dislike, this post, because I very much prefer to be inclusive and use very basic language as much as possible to ensure that the very very very uneducated people can understand, with very good accuracy, the words that I utter.
Perhaps, that's why I'm a very very very terrible writer 😅
But seriously tho, unless you are writing a novel, just use simple language for everyday speech. No need to look up a thesaurus for every post you make. Or for everytime someone use a fancy word. 😉
But even with novels, in dialogues, you cant be using fancy words all the time when characters talk. Most people don't talk like that, and writing characters that talk unrealistically is so weird.
Like: "I went to the deafening party last night, it was so excrutiating. I prefer the serene museum because I enjoy the archaic stuff they have on display, it's very lavish."
Like, who talks like that? 🤣
This is an ad for a proofreading service, so nominally it's meant for you to use in formal writing. In that context, only a small proportion of these words are "fancy".
That said, a thesaurus is best used for remembering words you already know, i.e. not like shown here. Careful use of a thesaurus to find new words provided you research them first – e.g. look them up on Wiktionary (bang !wt on DuckDuckGo) to see example sentences, etymologies, pronunciations, possible other meanings, usage context (e.g. slang, archaic, jargon), etc. – can work, but if you're already writing something, just stick to what you know unless it's dire. You should make an effort to learn words over time as they come up in appropriate contexts rather than memorizing them as replacements for other words; this infographic offers a shortcut that's probably harder and less accurate than actually learning.
A one-night stand with a word you found in the thesaurus is going to alienate people who don't know what it means and probably make you look like a jackass to those who do.
Proofreading for who, though? Most writing is 8th grade reading level for accessibility, both for the uneducated and for nonnative speakers.
For writers.
Or just use "very" so everyone understands.
These kinds of prescriptive gimmicks are very exasperating, imo.
No
That looks like a list of words to use instead of 'very ', not instead of 'very'. I think people are going to be confused by statements like 'the bill is exact accurate'.
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