Over used words, to the point of teeth grindīng

[fiestas*girl]

my pet hates in over used words

heading up the top of my list is

journey - chronically overused, think talent shows and fake acceptance speeches

like - current habit seems to be to answer a question using this word at the beginning of the sentence, think talent shows or 2 bit celebs

apropos - habitually used by those who try to sound intelectual or politically savvy

what are words that you feel are overused to the point of cliche, or just plain old tired

[azureline**]

yeh no

the f word

meltdown

[grandmoon]

You people don't understand.  When you don't agree with them.

[spotweldersfriend]

Precision bombing (of infrastructure) I much prefer 'accelerated entropy'.

[bluecat*dancing]

"hero of the dish"

[patchoo78]

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@icyfroth wrote:

ACTUALLY (same as BASICALLY),  people use it as a prop.

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I knew someone once who used to use the word literally a lot and it was always out of context.

[patchoo78]

What annoys me more than over use of words is when words are used out of context to make them sound intelligent, but it just ends up making them look stupidd..

I'm really getting sick of the word "gorgeous" every time someone comments on a pic of a baby/dog/cat etc it's "gorgeous" or "just gorgeous"

I also think that smiley face on Facebook sometimes comes off as condescending..

[chuk_77]

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@azureline** wrote:

yeh no

the f word

meltdown

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I use yeah nah... picked it up off the OH

in fact Im guilty of quite a few of these.... See what I did there? I said in fact instead of actually coz now Im paranoid 😄

[chuk_77]

shortening of the words annoys me its totes gorg im so jelly

[pct001wine]

collateral

think-tank

social media

incentivate, incentivise (are they even words ?)

synergy, synergistic (ugh)

and phrases

"What you need to understand is ...." (well no I don't, you arrogant muppet)

"No offence, but ...." (then just proceed to offend me) 

[boris1gary]

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@chuk_77 wrote:

shortening of the words annoys me its totes gorg im so jelly

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and your other one.