Horrible/horrid

[Amy Z]

Sam of Australia wrote:

> Ever since reading Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather', I absolutely 
cannot 
> stand it when people use the word 'horrid'. Why not just use 
> horrible? According to my dictionary, they both mean pretty much the 
> same thing, except horrid is a little more colloquial. 

Two words are better than one; that's the way I look at it.  Those of 
us who want to call something horrible/horrid have two choices, 
giving us two different tones and rhythms. 

Amy Z, who likes to refer to D-U as Oz...is that bad?