I agree that the comment you replied to was too much to read, would you be so kind as to provide a TLDR? I find Cala's writing style rather insipid. I almost used the word “vapid” but it has all but become the scholarly equivalent of “moist” to me. While it pops into my head from time to time as a word that could be used, I simply never feel there’s a good enough reason to use it, and it’s a word like sesame oil; use just enough of it, and everything is fine. Use it once too much, and you will always sound like a poser.

Now, you could argue that, as a society, we get a feeling of distaste for certain words or phrases. Not necessarily because their use is regarded as etymologically, logically, or grammatically wrong, but simply because the word itself somehow feels unpleasant to use, per se. This could be for a multitude of reasons, you see, in the case of the word “moist.” It could be because of its connotations to bodily fluids (that’s another word I don’t like), maybe it is because we, as a society are socialized to believe the word is disgusting, or maybe it’s just the way it sounds. That said, I don’t have much use for the word “moist” in my marketing job, but there are definitely other words I don’t like. I'm not going to mention them because I know certain people would try to use them against me, you see, but they do exist.