Adding to the forbidden words list.

Jun 08, 2011 22:16


Dear romance novelists,

Stop using "fisting" and "fisted" as synonyms for "making/made a fist." I know you're only using it because other romance novelists use it, which makes it trite. Romance novelists are the only people who use "to fist" as a verb with this definition. The rest of the English-speaking world is aware of the entirely different and much more graphic definition, particularly in the context of a sex scene.

Love,

Someone who doesn't want you to look as foolish as the erstwhile "Tea Bagger" political party.

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