Overused terms......

Niflmir

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  1. Epic fail - If you aren't Shackleton, it isn't epic, it is just a failure.
  2. Nerd - Wearing glasses does not make you one, social awkwardness coupled to technical obsession makes you one.
  3. Disruption - Not all markets need to be eradicated, some just need less monopoly.
  4. Gay - Everything is gay these days, back in my day just the homosexuals and overly happy people were gay. It was a good kind of gay.

Literally.

Oh, god! Literally! That word is misused. We can add irony to that.

Do people not realize that the words metaphorically and fitting exist?
 

Tonington

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Oh, god! Literally! That word is misused. We can add irony to that.

Do people not realize that the words metaphorically and fitting exist?

Perhaps some people don't realize how rich the language actually is? It literally drives me crazy. :lol:
 

JLM

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"Going Viral" is the first one that comes to mind since I keep hearing it in the news ....just now .....again re: youtube videos...

An old one that I remember from morning production meetings was "Going forward", which one morning, was used 15 times, I know because the only interesting thing about those meetings, was the log I kept of those "Buzz words" and frequency of use,,:smile:

Are there any terms that bug you with their overuse?????

I used to get a little tired of some of them..........."the bottom line", "the end of the day", but it's just not worth it to get upset over such trivial stuff so now I basically accept them.

literally I basically agree...lol

I am so sick of basically too.

Ooooooooooh I may have just ruffled some feathers, never really thought that one is offensive.

I suppose "like" can be a little over used.
 

CDNBear

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I find these humourous more than annoying, but they are over used to be sure...

"For the record"
"Apologist"
"War crimes and crimes against humanity"
"Zionists"
 

SLM

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Ok, just being honest here, but you have to throw "Libtard" in with those too. ;)

My point being not to even up the playing field so much as to say everybody just really needs to get some new material.
 

Sal

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"myself"/"yourself"

If you are uncertain speak to "myself"... huh?