Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

Amazing is a splendid word but only when applied to something which is truly amazing. The problem is when it's applied to things that are actually routine, ordinary, what was anticipated/expected, etc.

Amazing means something that is stupendously astonishing, completely astounding, not something that is quite nice or moderately surprising.

Désolé that should have two accents, tricky, slidey finger stuff on the ipad!

Maybe Specki4eyes, but the one that gets me is desolé, which is often delivered with a shrug and a smirk....

hero...................grossly over used

None of them heard as often!

Nope!

None of 'em sound as good as 'amazing'.

Well I think there are plenty of synonyms for "amazing" - wonderful, great, fantastic, unforgettable, unique, terrific, magnificent, astounding, overwhelming, marvellous, splendid..... to name a few. There are of course shades of meaning and different words will be more or less appropriate depending on the circumstances. I would find it refreshing if people could come up with more exact descriptions for their emotions instead of lumping everything into the "amazing" pigeonhole.

"spiralling out of control" is amazingly descriptive.

I like that one - "thinking outside the box".

Actually I think "amazing" is just fine. If a word sums up a feeling, what's wrong with using it. If everyone is feeling the same thing, then the word will be well used.

Do you really expect people to come up with different words for the same emotion all the time?

"Thinking out of the Box" whats all that about ?

The French have a much more subtle way of using superlatives - my lovely French neighbour described washing her 102 year old mother-in-law's soiled bloomers as 'pas tres interessant' (not very interesting) and when something is truly amazing they say its 'terrrible'. Young Brits have latched on to 'wicked' meaning 'good' but there it seems to stop. Or am I a completely out of touch ex-pat? Hate 'ex-pat' too.

It's absolutely disgusting, which crops up all the time on our local news from people who are expecting compensation for something!

At this present moment on time!

....or the bottom line?

On the level playing field?

I'm just 'trying to come to terms' with all this!

Step change – hoppity skip.
Sea change – glug, glug (for the third time).

Why is everything 'spiralling' out of control?

I can't stand 'from the get go' and if anyone 'gives me a heads up' I might just strangle them

Incredible about something that is wholly believable.

It's a no-brainer.

It took me a long time to realise that it means the opposite of what I thought!

It's ' our reporter 'caught up with' ' some dull celebrity that really irritates me.

Its soooooooooooooo irritating.

Oh come oooooooooooooooon GraNs - you're not giving 110%

I'm DEVAstated.....!