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06-10-2007, 01:42 PM
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Overused words...
In your opinion, what's the most overused word.
Keep it clean. Seriously.
In my case I cringe everytime I hear,
"Awesome!"
Are you really "in awe" everytime you see some new widget? Every time you meet a nice person? Each time someone does something nice for you?
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06-10-2007, 02:01 PM
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PARIS HILTON 
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For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.”
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Warning: The above post may be dripping in sarcasm and full of smartassedness.
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06-10-2007, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by summer_gphib
PARIS HILTON |
LOL Yeah I agree!
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06-10-2007, 03:02 PM
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Literally.
No, you did not "literally" have a heart attack when you heard about Paris getting out of jail. You figuratively had one, which is just the opposite.
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06-10-2007, 03:10 PM
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actually
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06-10-2007, 03:50 PM
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I say "basically" more than I should. 
"Freaking" is overused, but I suppose it's better than hearing someone using the f-word out loud.
I don't like it when people say / misuse "yourself" all the time, instead of "you", or "myself" instead of "me".
I can't think of any other words to add to this thread just now.
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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Literally.
No, you did not "literally" have a heart attack when you heard about Paris getting out of jail. You figuratively had one, which is just the opposite.
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AMEN, my NPC sister, AMEN.
Last edited by CutiePie2000; 06-10-2007 at 08:38 PM.
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06-10-2007, 04:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltAlum
"Awesome!"
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I agree.
Also: the words "like" and "whatever"
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06-10-2007, 05:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeltAlum
"Awesome!"
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When I saw the title of this thread, and who started it, I knew this would be #1 on the list.  How awesome am I? 
One word I cannot stand, and am glad is hardly used anymore is "bling" (or "bling, bling"). I don't know why, but I hate that word.
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06-10-2007, 07:04 PM
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The word "like" drives me crazy.
It's especially annoying when I'm talking to an ADULT and that moron uses the word "like" at least 15 times in one sentence. I want to strangle them for butchering the English language.
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06-10-2007, 11:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
The word "like" drives me crazy.
It's especially annoying when I'm talking to an ADULT and that moron uses the word "like" at least 15 times in one sentence. I want to strangle them for butchering the English language.
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Yes, my sister who is turning 45 this November says, "like" more than Moon-Unit Zappa and I, too, would like to enact strangulation measures.
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06-10-2007, 11:27 PM
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'you know' and I am the worst for saying it 1000 times per sentence, although I am working on it.
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06-10-2007, 11:58 PM
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After Grey's became popular, so did the word "seriously".
And I'm guilty of saying it ALL the time... seriously
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06-18-2007, 07:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes
The word "like" drives me crazy.
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YES! I know it's a "stall word" that people use when thinking what to say, but it's VERY annoying.
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06-18-2007, 08:00 PM
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"the" is way overused and overrated.
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06-18-2007, 08:12 PM
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I also am troubled by the misuse of "literally," but sometimes it's so wrong it's funny.
I'm also annoyed by the over-application of the words "ironic" and "ironically."
Some things are just odd without actually being ironic. It doesn't really make you seem smarter to use the word "ironic" when you're talking to anyone who knows what irony is and recognizes that you don't.
(It seems to me that arguments break out on Fark.com all the time about the "ironic" tag, so I know I'm not alone.)
As is true for "literally," it can be pathetically entertaining to consider what factors would have to be true to make a given odd situation truly ironic, but it's rarely worth the effort.
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