Does a word ever get on your nerves ?..

[Mizmo]

For me , the word is Iconic.
Lately it is used everywhere. The news, TV shows, advertising, newspapers and even some of my email contacts are using the danged word.
It is like it is the only adjective in the world right now to describe a situation.
Watch, read and listen. .... you'll get what I mean.

 

[JustBonee]

Yes, for me, it's add a Pop of Color .....

I think it started in advertising with furniture ads or wall decorating ...... and everyone everywhere latched unto it! ..... to the point of nausea.

 

[horseless carriage]

The word patina, used on vintage type shows, be it antiques, classic cars or even public statues, it's just an over used word that's become tiresome.

 

[Sassycakes]

I HATE WHEN I SAY SOMETHING AND SOMEONE RESPONDS WITH ''Really"

 

[RadishRose]

For me it's Thingie. It's not cute.

 

[Pepper]

Never cared for copacetic...

 

[Della]

"Shared with me," instead of told me.
"We need to have a conversation," instead of we need to talk.
"So," at the beginning of a sentence for no reason.
"Yeah," at the beginning of a sentence for no reason.

 

[JustDave]

"Shared with me," instead of told me.

I have come to accept this, although it often applies something that is not necessarily a part of altruistic sharing, which can be a bit annoying in certain circumstances. It can be an aggressive punch in the brain, like when someone loses self control and rakes another over the coals with a scathing attack and gets a response like, "Have a nice day."

 

[Gaer]

Mizmo, I agree! ICONIC!
It has replaced all the adjectives!
It's so incredibly overused!

 

[hearlady]

Whimsy for some reason.

 

[stretch5881]

"Like" My niece would use it 4 times in 1 sentence.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Sustainable.. organic… ethically sourced

There’s nothing wrong with these terms…. It’s their over-use

Suddenly these words are attached to everything someone wants to sell. I mean, organic BABY POWDER??

 

[Pepper]

Young & Restless overuses the word 'amazing.' It annoys me.

 

[oldaunt]

Most of the above, but the F bomb tops my list.

 

[feywon]

I have come to accept this, although it often applies something that is not necessarily a part of altruistic sharing, which can be a bit annoying in certain circumstances. It can be an aggressive punch in the brain, like when someone loses self control and rakes another over the coals with a scathing attack and gets a response like, "Have a nice day."

Depending on the specific circumstances sounds like you're advocating for people to respond in kind to such attacks. Doesn't make sense to me. Would you rather someone reply just as aggressively or in some cases if a speaker really 'lost control' respond with an actual punch?

 

[Beezer]

"Game Changer"

This one was all over social media a while back.

 

[feywon]

Young & Restless overuses the word 'amazing.' It annoys me.

i don't watch soaps, but i've notice that 'amazing' is greatly overused in general.

 

[feywon]

Whimsy for some reason.

Haven't seen that used much, perhaps because few people wax whimsical anymore. On this forum i can think of one person forms of the word whimsy apply to. He almost always takes a lighthearted view of things, but his humor is never unkind to others.

 

[hearlady]

"Lot's to unpack here" is becoming way overused.

 

[feywon]

I HATE WHEN I SAY SOMETHING AND SOMEONE RESPONDS WITH ''Really"

i get that, tho i've been known to say 'Seriously?' when someone makes what i think is a ludicrous remark.

 

[hearlady]

Haven't seen that used much, perhaps because few people wax whimsical anymore. On this forum i can think of one person forms of the word whimsy apply to you. He almost always takes a lighthearted view of things, but his humor is never unkind to others.

In gardening shows they'll say "this adds whimsy to the garden". Yet, I don't mind whimsical. Hmm

 

[CallMeKate]

WHATEVER! I really dislike that one because it's used to mean "I don't give a flip what
you think or what you're saying." Whatever. Grrr!

 

[Alizerine]

"Deep dive' when when referring to more detailed exploration of a subject. Also the overuse and misuse of "literally".

 

[CallMeKate]

Thought of another one. Amazeballs. I mean... WHY?! Why not just say amazing?
Did "amazing" get so annoying that they needed to come up with a new word?!
Perez Hilton especially loves it. SMH

 

[Pepper]

Thought of another one. Amazeballs. I mean... WHY?! Why not just say amazing?
Did "amazing" get so annoying that they needed to come up with a new word?!
Perez Hilton especially loves it. SMH

Perez just likes to say balls.