A writer's search history

[mildlyaroused]

Does anyone else's search history always look like this?
This must be 80% of my time writing haha

I need to fish up a physical thesaurus. Much more dignified.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Or, https://www.wordhippo.com/

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Roget's is still available.
You can use "sacrum" for "small of back."
The hollow at the top of the sternum, a point of erotic interest in "The English Patient," is the "manubrial notch." but that doesn't sound at all erotic.
The little bumps surrounding the nipple on the areolae are "Montgomery's tubercles." Just "tubercles" works better.
If you don't want to keep repeating "areola," it means "halo," and that's a nice alternative.
I haven't found sexier terms for Skene's and Bartholin's gland, though they are very important sources of lubricants in the labia. Did you know that their fluids are composed mostly of glucose and fructose?
And I'd best stop here; I've been too long away from teaching the Anthropology of Sex. and I find myself starting to lecture every hance I get.

 

[jsmiam]

Shift-F7 if you use MS word, takes you to the built in thesaurus. Instant too, it’ll automatically begin with the word under/at the pointer. Extremely helpful and fast.

Most major word processors probably have an equivalent.

 

[HeyAll]

I use Google AI in place of normal searches. Makes life easier and it can explain anything.

 

[Elayne_Hawke]

Does anyone else's search history always look like this?
This must be 80% of my time writing haha
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I need to fish up a physical thesaurus. Much more dignified.

Yep looks very familiar lol. I do this a lot myself.

 

[mildlyaroused]

Roget's is still available.
You can use "sacrum" for "small of back."
The hollow at the top of the sternum, a point of erotic interest in "The English Patient," is the "manubrial notch." but that doesn't sound at all erotic.
The little bumps surrounding the nipple on the areolae are "Montgomery's tubercles." Just "tubercles" works better.
If you don't want to keep repeating "areola," it means "halo," and that's a nice alternative.
I haven't found sexier terms for Skene's and Bartholin's gland, though they are very important sources of lubricants in the labia. Did you know that their fluids are composed mostly of glucose and fructose?
And I'd best stop here; I've been too long away from teaching the Anthropology of Sex. and I find myself starting to lecture every hance I get.

It's good stuff, tho... varied word choice is difficult in erotica, even more so than ordinary writing!

I'm not sure my characters have good enough eyesight to find the Skene's and Bartholin's glands.

 

[HordHolm]

I recently needed a synonym of 'sneeze' (noun). You'd be amazed at how few options there are. Sternutation or ptarmus, that's it. Nothing else.

 

[StillStunned]

I recently needed a synonym of 'sneeze' (noun). You'd be amazed at how few options there are. Sternutation or ptarmus, that's it. Nothing else.

"Her face exploded in a cloud of snot, reminding me of a girl I used to date when I was younger, who had the most intense orgasms I've ever encountered."

 

[mildlyaroused]

I recently needed a synonym of 'sneeze' (noun). You'd be amazed at how few options there are. Sternutation or ptarmus, that's it. Nothing else.

What's the deal here? Surely you hadn't used 'sneeze' enough that it sounded overdone!!

 

[HordHolm]

What's the deal here? Surely you hadn't used 'sneeze' enough that it sounded overdone!!

Actually yes, in the context. Just repeating it once made it seem overdone. I settled on sternutation, and it does actually work.

What surprised me, though, was the lack of synonyms for such a common human action.

 

[mildlyaroused]

Actually yes, in the context. Just repeating it once made it seem overdone. I settled on sternutation, and it does actually work.

What surprised me, though, was the lack of synonyms for such a common human action.

"Ah-chooo!!!" she said sexily.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Or, https://www.wordhippo.com/

That was going to be my suggestion. And it has a lot of uses past just the thesaurus.

 

[HordHolm]

"Ah-chooo!!!" she said sexily.

I wish... it was, unfortunately, a crusty old vicar doing the sneezing!

 

[mildlyaroused]

I wish... it was, unfortunately, a crusty old vicar doing the sneezing!

Oh dear. On a real note, I would probably just say something like "She gave another spasm, and sniffed."

 

[bestkeptsecret678]

This Reminds me, a good hard sneeze from my partner during intercourse feels great down there… even better when there’s 3 or 4 in a row!

Hmmmm, me thinks I should try to get laid more during pollen season.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

I keep Dictionary.com pulled up much of the time, which allows me to switch over to Thesaurus.com on their linked websites. Rhymezone.com is another website that gets fairly frequent use when I'm playing with words.

 

[AG31]

Or, https://www.wordhippo.com/

Yes! This is the best!