Certain otherwise-innocuous words can be a trigger for some people.  Maybe it's a negative association with the word - a reminder of past trauma or a social faux pas.  It could be a word that becomes an inside joke - an innocent word given a not-so-innocent meaning.  These words make us cringe and avoid them and not really want to explain our reaction to other people.  For me, a certain spring-blooming flower is a word trigger.  I avoid saying the name of this flower because I have  negative associations with it.  A family member used to tell a quite inappropriate joke about it, so I cringe and get a little bit angry inside whenever I hear it.   I snicker whenever I hear someone mention a Mars bar (candy bar in the US) because in high school, my BFF used to use it as a euphemism for uh... let's just say "is that a Mars bar in your pocket or are you happy to see me?"

Let's write some prompts exploring some word triggers.  

PT Prompt #245:

Your character freaks out over a trigger word at an inappropriate time.  What is the word?  What is the trigger associated with the word?  What are the circumstances that lead to the meltdown? 

PT Prompt #246:

Write a paragraph/short story/vignette telling the creation of a word trigger - positive or negative. 

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