The Desert Mermaid

I can't even begin to express how much I agree with this comic. If a word is too odd-looking to my eyes, my brain automatically gives up and turns it into a random, staticy blank, and it's really quite annoying to read a sentence where the narrative just drops out periodically like a bad satellite signal. I understand that some people find it fun to make these things up, and I understand the occasionally it's necessary for a fictional word to appear, and I understand that not all books are targetted towards people who read like me, but oh, do I hate it when it's overused.