How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
Hack the text output of Claude Code to make life a little bit sillier.
bsolutely 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:
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]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:
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]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!
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