Just because the American Heritage Dictionary says it's a word doesn't mean you're allowed to use it

[leroux]

You know, it would be just after writing an impassioned defence of fan fiction that I ended up reading a story that used the word "empurpled" at least twice in a pornographic context.

I'VE CHANGED MY MIND, THIS ABOMINABLE HOBBY MUST BE STOPPED.

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[hatestrafficlights]

Lolz.

[leroux]

EMPURPLED. They're in your fiction, noun-modifiering your verbed adjectives!