This is funnily called 'wordsmithing' by the way. It's relieving when you find the right words to use, especially to clarify something complex or unfamiliar for others or minimize your own biases.

Can resonate with this, one of the reasons I prefer texting over verbal communication (and takes me forever to type a sentence

I feel this so much! I’m an introverted chatterbox who grew up with 3 languages. Language is hard, and I sometimes feel the weight of the people I’m talking with getting impatient when I stop to find the right words to convey exactly what I mean..

I often find myself looking for the right words. Not only because I'm torn between 3 languages, but because the right words can be really powerful. The paradox is that people tend to use many many words, instead of the right ones.

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