How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing

Absolutely ripping your hair out reading Claude referring to everything as “honest takes” and "load-bearing seams"? You’re not the only one. But what if I tell you there’s a way to take this massive source of frustration and make it so ridiculous you can't but laugh at it? Or just simply fix Claude's vocabulary. I present to you, the MessageDisplay hook. First you need a little script with some replacements set up: #!/usr/bin/env python3 import json, re, sys replacements = { "seam": "whatchamacallit", "you're absolutely right": "I'm a complete clown", "honest take": "spicy doodad", "load-bearing": "cooked" } data = json.load(sys.stdin) text = data.get("delta") or "" for phrase, replacement in replacements.items(): pattern = r"\b" + re.escape(phrase) + r"\b" text = re.sub(pattern, replacement, text, flags=re.IGNORECASE) print(json.dumps({ "hookSpecificOutput": { "hookEventName": "MessageDisplay", "displayContent": text, } }))

put that in ~/.claude/hooks/wordswap.sh and make it executable with chmod +x ~/.claude/hooks/wordswap.sh. Then to hook it up, add it to your ~/.claude/settings.json in the hooks block like: { "hooks": { "MessageDisplay": [ { "hooks": [ { "type": "command", "command": "$HOME/.claude/hooks/wordswap.sh" } ] } ] } }

Hooks load at startup, so you just need to start a new session to start your new life.

I'm sure you can come up with much better and more productive replacements than me. Have fun!