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Fancy words and phrases aren’t always needed to share ideas and emotion, no matter the occasion or our age. Thank you, Ms. Gurdon. Please know my thoughts are with you.

Strip away the corporate jargon AI loves fancy words and long sentences. It thinks it sounds intelligent. But humans, especially the smart ones, communicate in simple terms.

Even the fact that the word is “problematic” rather than “problematical” illustrates something about how words change: the role of serendipity, despite the appeal of regularity.

Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany Jane O'Connor , illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. HarperCollins , $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-154923-6 ...