# Most overused word these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233 "2007-01-09T00:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/21 "2007-01-09T04:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] People still say this? In my youth, it was synonymous with “bizarre” or unusual." Which made absolutely no sense. As in, “Then he started singing a Britney Spears song on the table. He’s so random!” Ugh. Reminds me of the 90s version of the Valley Girl. (In the interests of full disclosure, I was called “random” a few times. First time it was cute. Third time, I had the urge to smash a dictionary in the randomee’s grill.) [/QUOTE] I’ve heard it a good bit recently…must be making a comeback… either that, or us kids in Southern Ohio are behind the times…not really though, I’ve heard it all over recently… Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/22 "2007-01-09T04:17:23Z")
literally ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/23 "2007-01-09T04:23:04Z")
At the end of the day, I’d say it’s Boo-yah! ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/24 "2007-01-09T11:00:39Z")
“Closure” is pretty god-damned annoying. And anytime a “task force” is assembled, and they aren’t storming a cliff somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/25 "2007-01-09T11:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=Licentious Ectomorph] “Ultimate.” It’s _everywhere._ Absolutely everything is the “ultimate” something. [/QUOTE] There’s a computer company near my place of work that likes to use absolutes when describing (and sometimes naming) their gaming PC builds, only trouble is that this sets them up for some really stupid blurb like: “The Raptor Chrome system is even more ultimate than its predecessor, the Raptor Titanium. With the Raptor Chrome system, the possibilities are endless, but not as endless as when you buy it together with the Raptor Tungsten Shock games controller.” ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/26 "2007-01-09T11:12:54Z")
“Genius”, “legendary” and “random”. “Solution” also gets a special mention. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/27 "2007-01-09T12:34:18Z")
It’s a complicated **issue**. We need to discuss these **issues**. There are \*\*issues \*\* with it. Will this be an **issue**? It may be an **issue**. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/28 "2007-01-09T12:40:59Z")
Many of my friends have been trying to bring back “gnarly” which just pisses me off for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/29 "2007-01-09T12:49:30Z")
Ghetto… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/30 "2007-01-09T13:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] If you watch the home improvement shows on any of five channels, they use the word “pop” twice in each episode. “Those colorful accents make the room pop.” [/QUOTE] And when did they stop calling them “rooms” and start calling them “spaces?” I hate that! “Uber” is another one I hear all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/31 "2007-01-09T13:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=thirdwarning] Amazing [/QUOTE] Grrrrrrrr…I hate that one, too! “She wore the most amazing dress!” What…did it jump through a flaming hoop while playing a kazoo? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/32 "2007-01-09T14:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=According to Pliny] If you watch the home improvement shows on any of five channels, they use the word “pop” twice in each episode. “Those colorful accents make the room pop.” [/QUOTE] I came here to post the same thing. I want to throw a brick through the tube everytime the folks on HGTV say it. Oh and the over use of the word “clearly” is really starting to piss me off. Clearly I have issues. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/33 "2007-01-09T14:36:50Z")
Watch any reality show and you’ll hear the word **journey** a lot. I also nominate **pimp** and **literally** , which was already mentioned, but it deserves to be seconded. Oh, and **like** , as in “He’s **like literally** climbing the walls.” A sentence like that would make my head explode. My husband says **like** a lot when he’s nervous and speaking to someone he doesn’t know very well. I cringe, but it’s a nervous habit that I won’t be able to break him of. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/34 "2007-01-09T14:49:36Z")
The pundits and snooty NPR people seem to preface/intensify their comments with "Look, " these days. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/35 "2007-01-09T15:09:42Z")
For what must be a really odd reason, I’ve seen the word “risible” in print about 50 times over the last two months. I probably saw it once in the previous 34 years of my existence. It’s basically synonymous with “laughable” for those playing along. And, synonymous means “means the same”. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/36 "2007-01-09T15:41:13Z")
Gotta’ be “awesome”, and it’s almost always used incorrectly. Most overused phrase, “at the end of the day”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/37 "2007-01-09T15:59:33Z")
“Serious” when used like this; Me: I’m so sick of the current use of certain catchphrases. Them: Serious. Me: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/38 "2007-01-09T17:17:45Z")
**Sapo** I’ll second that nomination for **scenario**. **Left Hand Of Dorkness** Didn’t Monty Python have a routine where somebody was issuing a rebuttal to an editorial and among his credentials, he a member of the “Well Basically” society? When he starts his rebuttal the first 2 words are “Well, basically …” ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/39 "2007-01-09T17:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=noblebaron] Like, definitely. [/QUOTE] Actually? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233/40 "2007-01-09T17:28:58Z")
“Myself,” which is now the pretentious synonym for “me.” Athletes are particularly horrible with that one. There were three "myself"s in [this one football article yesterday.](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-FBN-NFL-All-Pro-Team.html) > [@Jason Taylor](#): > > ‘If I can be a pain in their butt and give somebody a headache, then more times than not, it’s going to work out well for myself.’’ > [@Adalius Thomas](#): > > ''It’s a tribute not to myself, but to a lot of the guys up front. I don’t think you could have a good linebacking corps without good defensive linemen." > [@Devin Hester](#): > > “I just kind of wanted to establish myself and feel at home.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overused-word-these-days/387233.md?page=3)