Overused Words.

"To be fair..."
"In fairness..."
"Gives me the ick"
"Delish!"

Fresh, as in fabric conditioner or air “freshener”. Take note Lenor - whoosh of freshness - no way, all artificial.

Absolutely
Yada yada
Hun

Hollysteers 😂🤣😅

Sick (as in good😨)
After reading this thread I might not open my mouth again…

What does that even mean? Why the “even”? Another Americanism I suspect.

welbeck

It maybe a tad pedantic to mention but
Shouldn't this discussion be in
Pedants Corner ??

Being even more pedantic, the thread is about overuse not misuse. Although the two do, of course, overlap at the end of the day, in the fullness of time and should finally be put to bed at the nail biting finish having had their work cut out .

*Some of my least favourite, overused cliches.

Unalive has developed as a term to avoid being deleted by software that seeks out certain words.
Ha
Having been criticised for not stamping down on content that encourages self harm.
So certain trigger words and their cognates will attract automatic deletion.

The overuse of the exclamation mark!

Ok so what's trendy now?

I think 'turned around and said' is quite dated now. I don't hear it anywhere near as often as I used to. A bit like 'At the end of the day. . .' - at one time, that was very common, but it seems to have fallen from fashion.

Well, obviously, when it’s not at all obvious

Crossstitchfan

Mt61

Astitchintime

Turned round in conversation as in “ and he turned round and said xxxx and then his wife turned round and said xxx “.

Is that a Lancashire expression?

I live in the South East and I am familiar with it that expression, so probably not only Lancashire. It’s annoying. It might have originated there, but I am not aware of that.

An extremely talkative school friend would come home with me often and regale my mother with tales of her family; 'So I turned round to him and said, then he turned round to me and said'. My Mother remarked dryly that her family must be in a permanent state of dizziness. The expression has been around for at least sixty years, and certainly in London.

Wow! used as a reaction to everything.

Grab. as in let's grab a coffee
Very unique
So to begin a sentence.

I'm good in reply to "how are you?"

"honestly" and "to be honest"

I don't see the point of these.

Making memories

It is what it is.

loopyloo the building contractor that worked on our house a few years ago used this all the time, I'd never heard it before.
It's passed into family folklore now! 😅

Grab
Broken, as in, I was broken
Incredibly Politicians only work incredibly hard

Super, as in super quick. To me it’s super irritating.

Mt61

Astitchintime

Turned round in conversation as in “ and he turned round and said xxxx and then his wife turned round and said xxx “.

Is that a Lancashire expression?

I live in the South East and I am familiar with it that expression, so probably not only Lancashire. It’s annoying. It might have originated there, but I am not aware of that.

Babe
Hun

Harris27 you and I both work with much younger colleagues 😂

Grab as in 'grab a coffee'

Marg75 one of the young mums I childmind for will message me and ask if I can "grab" her child from school.
It conjures up entirely the wrong scenario for me 😳

You guys. How could I have forgotten that?

Without fail it’s used everywhere, especially in restaurants, even when the waiter or waitress is addressing a mixed group.

Another awful imported Americanism.

Yeh whatever! 😂

Unprecedented, Bless, Cute.