TOTW: policing language or challenging ruts?
The point of changing words, or limiting the words we use, is to change behavior. I avoid saying "interesting," as I rely on it too much. I also discourage people from saying they’re sorry, which is so frequently a platitude, or a way of getting out of a situation, or empty in a variety of other ways. I have sometimes suggested in the past, with people who know of and are indulgent with my foibles, that when they’re tempted to say “sorry” they instead say “fuck you”, which has had some funny repercussions, and is not something I recommend for the neophyte.