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For language, sometimes I'll change subject so I don't seem too tacky by repeating the same word, such as not wanting to say 'sauce' fifty times in one paragraph, even if I have good reason to. "I said something nice to the last 4/5 (80%) people, so person #5, you suck, because Zipf."
That makes me a bit curious if purposefully breaking the zipf is somehow unpleasant. Like you said, you'd think twice about saying 'sauce' a bunch of times in a row, but we don't give a second thought to repeating common words. Kind of freaky to think that we have some sort of unconscious bias.