Beyond Cliché

[caseylane]

I have one word that have moved beyond cliché in my mind, SMIRK. Please, for the love of all that you hold dear, do not have everyone in the Wizarding World smirk. Sure Snape may do it on occasion, but some authors aren't happy with that. They will have Snape do it constantly, as well as both Harry and/or Draco. In fact they will all do it in the same story, not once, not twice, but with such rapid succession that it appears like the author has macro'd the word for ease of insertion.

Just do us all a favor and stop it. Buy yourself a Thesaurus, spend some quality time with it, and expand your vocabulary.

Oh, and everything above also goes for the word SNARKY. Stop it.