[yummies]

for me, this was the most illuminating bit of advice given in this article. the source is very informative:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns...

[tptacek]

It's also a focal instruction in _Style: Towards Clarity And Grace_, itself probably the most nerd-friendly guide to writing (I couldn't read any 3 pages without thinking of some new program I could write to automatically "improve" my writing).