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:
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!