“Lovely”

Jaxjacky

Dickens we’re getting ‘hundred percent’ or ‘no worries’ from the 12 year old grandson!

... he's obviously learning the lingo at a young age - what did we say at that age, I can't remember?

It's preferable to the "whatever" though isn't it!

I use "lovely" a lot. Perhaps I should extend my vocabulary

I think I'm guilty of this but it's always a relief when everyone is lovely as opposed to the opposite

RosiesMaw2 nice!

Dickens we’re getting ‘hundred percent’ or ‘no worries’ from the 12 year old grandson!

Aveline

Not aiming to be original -just lovely

As I said saccharine- All a bit People's Friend.

paddyann54

I,ve seen words come in and out of fashion the past few years.There were “creative” everything for a while from decorators which was fine to plumbers and carperfitters…not sure how creative Idwa t my plumber to be or my husband whose mechanic had creative in his note heading.

Then there was “stunning” everyone in every picture online wa stunning ,every ordinary view of a hill or a plant was stunning every grotty house on right move was a stunning family home .
I was happy to see the back of stunning .Lovely isn’t used much here but I,ll look out for it it will be interesting to see people’s idea of lovely

My OH is amused by what he considers the overuse of the word "awesome" - which appears to be the chosen adjective of some young people.

If you present my teenage grandson with a cup of tea (he is already a confirmed tea-drinker) he will say awesome as you plonk it on the table.

If a gets a slice of cake with it - it will become "amazing".

However, I'm grateful for a response of any kind as teenage boys are not known for their effusiveness - his father, at the same age, would've just grunted or if he was feeling sociable - managed a "ta".

Agree, Jane43. I absolutely CANNOT STAND being called "lovely". It is so patronising. In fact I am at the point of asking people not to do it. It is awful! I know we all have our pet hates. Some people don't like being called love, my dear, darling etc. But "lovely" is the one that makes me want to scream. Don't know why really.

Sometimes people are clever, but not very kind. Maybe that makes it hard to keep friends.

Not aiming to be original -just lovely

Aveline

Lovely!

But hardly original

Well seeing as I was a sixties child, I've been known to use the word 'Fab' ...'Ooh I had a fab day out'
even better in my Yorkshire acccent 'It were fab'

Try and think of some other adjectives was my first thought.

Lovely is often used as a form of endearment in Wales , where aim originally from

Lovely!

Oh dear, yet again the curse of Gransnet has struck!
(Getting the wrong end of the stick then beating OP over the head with it)
My argument (to save anybody who CBA to read my original post or didn't), was not exactly with the word itself, with the over use of the term. I have no problem with lovely grandchildren lovely sunny days, lovely meals or even lovely flowers. My moan was prompted by seeing it attributed to every other word.
Overuse cheapens a word IMO and squeals of "You lovely ladies" " lovely chats/my lovely cleaner/ gardener/ hairdresser" etc just sound patronising.
End of, as far as I am concerned

DGS tells me that 'mid' and 'zesty' have completely different meanings these days. I'm scared to open my mouth around him!

I,ve seen words come in and out of fashion the past few years.There were “creative” everything for a while from decorators which was fine to plumbers and carperfitters…not sure how creative Idwa t my plumber to be or my husband whose mechanic had creative in his note heading.

Then there was “stunning” everyone in every picture online wa stunning ,every ordinary view of a hill or a plant was stunning every grotty house on right move was a stunning family home .
I was happy to see the back of stunning .Lovely isn’t used much here but I,ll look out for it it will be interesting to see people’s idea of lovely

Nice is a bit of a bland word, could mean anything. I dont mind lovely, been called worse.

@SueDonim, this reminds me of my grandmother's last hospital stay before she died. She was very indignant about the fact that she was in the geriatric ward. After all, she was only ninety at the time.

I was at school in the seventies. Everything was ace or brill then, unless it wasn't; in which case it was a no no.

Deedaa

Lilypops Consultants have a code they use when describing patients. Very pleasant means that you were a perfectly nice person that he had no problem dealing with. I'm out of touch with consultants' letters now so I can't remember other (less flattering) Examples.

A friend was most indignant when his consultant described him in a letter as a ‘sprightly older gentleman’. Dh pointed out that he was well into his 70’s so it was a pretty accurate assessment.

WRT the OP, I think I’ll start describing things as luvverly.

Lovely is good enough for me!

IAM64 - guilty as charged RosiesMaw. My dogs, my children, grandchildren, friends are all lovely, I’ll try to be more articulate

Me too IAM64. My lovely mum, friends etc. 😉

grandtanteJE65

There is a fashion in language as in everything else.

Remember our school-days (late 1960s) when everything was "fab"? Then "fantastic", "groovy" and more recently "awesome".

"Lovely" instead of "nice" will go the way of all the others. It is harder to predict what the new term will be.

My English teacher was very critical of the word nice.

Doesn't bother me however the number of times I hear literally horrendous and obsessed from mainly the younger generation drives me mad