Overused Words.

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.

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

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

Hollysteers 😂🤣😅

Absolutely
Yada yada
Hun

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

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

Starting the answer to a question with "so".

‘Incredibly’ was hammered to death by the last govt - ‘we are working incredibly hard to …’ whatever thé flavour of the day was.

My bad
Organic (not used in a food/farming context)
Nightmare!

Boolya

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

On the subject of adverts; I hate the, over used, expression 'full of goodness'. As opposed to what, full of evil?

I sympathise hollysteers every time I post anything on GN I feel as though I am putting my head on a block, to quote yet another cliche.

It's like .....
Basically
Luxury

Literally and like are very overused.

Look, used a lot by politicians
Hubby
Haitch instead of aitch
Off you go! So dismissive
Should of instead of have

Could go on. Perhaps I’m easily irritated!

Sustainable, Celebrity, Reality,

Literally, like, you know, basically amazing!

Oh me too. How is “absolutely “ beneficial to any conversation ?!?

Also “yeah, yeah, yeah” (very quickly) after the other person’s sentence. Grrr 😃

When people comment about a post and say "cuteness overload". Usually it's one after another making the comment on the same post.

That’s a really good question!

Said by every interviewee desperately trying to think of a way to wriggle out of answering it.

Enough already. So so hate this phrase.

“Statement” as in “statement piece or necklace” (What IS the blimmin’ statement?)

Curated

You know
Like
Gonna

Lovely
My lovely cleaner
You lovely ladies
My lovely gardener
Yes, my lovely etc etc etc

Only acceptable when talking of lovely grandchildren because they are!

Every time there is a totally preventable crisis of some sort - "We take (our customers welfare) very seriously"
Yeah, right...

Honestly. As in "Honestly, I was really angry!" And "Honestly, I can't stand red jumpers!" Does this mean that generally everything you usually say is a lie then?