Great read, Janice. You reminded me of my teaching years when we'd talk about words that didn't mean a lot, like nice.

What did it mean?

Is it the right descriptor for what you want to say?

Does it undersell?

Eventually, after lots of discussion, we had slogans like: Nice is not a nice word.

I challenged students to think about their writing before showing it to me. Very often they altered their descriptors.