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[rusty_halo]

The following word should be banned from fanfic forever: ministrations.

That's all.

(Seriously, it's a useless word. Has anyone used it well, in any context, ever?)

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[mary5958.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking I might have used 'ministrations' in Lost in You. Hey - it was years ago! *hangs head in shame*

I won't do it again. Promise.

LOL.

Oh, and skimming the other comments, I think I use 'elicited' too. But possibly not in a sex scene. However, I've certainly used 'elicited' in RL conversations. Never heard that one as a pet peeve before.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

It usually sticks out like a sore thumb as a nice big word the author thought would be cool to use.

It's possible I'm being unreasonable here :-)

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

LOL, you're forgiven. ;)

I think maybe it's a sign of an author being new to writing sex scenes. It's just one of those words that kind of gets grandfathered in, because mediocre sex scenes have been using it for years. But once you discover really high quality sex scenes, "ministrations" becomes unacceptable.