Most Over Used Word?

deptfordmarmoset

I'm not a snob about much but bad language and grammer kill me.

You do know there's an internet law that demonstrates that whenever you knock someone's language, something bad is going to happen to the sentence containing the criticism, don't you?

iain_j

"Proper".

It's been proper like freezin lately and I've been proper like OMG!

APIII

Media storm. Sky news often refer to pointless 'celebs' embroiled in a media storm, yet they are the ones providing all the coverage :evil:

Ands

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

I'm not a snob about much but bad language and grammer kill me.

You do know there's an internet law that demonstrates that whenever you knock someone's language, something bad is going to happen to the sentence containing the criticism, don't you?

To be fair ( ), he didn't mention spelling.

Aggieboy

Ands wrote:

Seanos wrote:

FransJacques wrote:

I'm not a snob about much but bad language and grammer kill me.

I'm the same with spelling.

I saw a sign at my local community centre last week: Addmmittion £1 . How could anyone get it wrong in so many places!

Wasn't it £1 then?

Ands

APIII wrote:

Media storm. Sky news often refer to pointless 'celebs' embroiled in a media storm, yet they are the ones providing all the coverage :evil:

Breaking News....Breaking News.......Breaking News........ on the Sky ticker.... :twisted: . Especially when the 'Breaking News' is 8 hours old.

APIII

Oh, and personally....don't even get me started on that one. Personally, I think...... :evil:

mtb-idle

'For sure' which is vaguely bike related as Cancellara kept on saying it every time he was interviewed last year during the TDF.

It's one of those 'filler' phrases usually used by non-native English speakers cue Cancellara and dozens of Premiership footballers but is now starting to be used by native English speakers as well.

deptfordmarmoset

APIII wrote:

Oh, and personally....don't even get me started on that one. Personally, I think...... :evil:

I hate this word for other reasons. Namely when it comes wrapped in a phrase like ''Don't take this personally....'' and you know instantly that the next word is going to be ''but'' and, because you're a person, personally is your perfectly natural way of experiencing things, and then they say something very very insulting. Personally insulting.

JLM74

Prefacing statements with "to be honest with you ..." What? Are you being dishonest with me the rest of the time?

"You can't turn round to me and say ....". No. I was standing perfectly still when I said it.

ratherbeintobago

The use of the word super as in (see this months' WMB):

super short
super easy
super etc.

STOP IT!

Andy

stigofthedump

'Addiction' as a way to excuse bad behaviour/ lack of self control. Tiger Woods is not just sleeping around he has 'sex addiction'.

'-aholic' is is the same vane if we can widen this into suffixes. I'm not a fat pig, no, i'm a 'chocaholic'.

Ands

ratherbeintobago wrote:

The use of the word super as in (see this months' WMB):

super short
super easy
super etc.

STOP IT!

Andy

Uber is worse than super, obviously! Aaargh, obviously.......uber-annoying

verylonglegs

Agreeing with a previous post is the overuse of absolutely especially during live televised interviews, so many people start a response with it now its ridiculous.

Another major bugbear for me is 'basically', especially at work but I've noticed it again in tv interviews, someone is asked a question where the answer requires and explanation of some sort and they begin...'Well, basically.....'

sward29

The thing that I find most annoying is not a word, but the mispronunciation of the letter H as hatich. For any window licking offenders out there; look in a dictionary. There is only one H in H, and it comes at the end for christ's sake.

I find it especially annoying when it is mispronounced by people who should know better such as teachers and newsreaders.

Westerberg

"you know"...as used by footballers in interviews: "Well errr, you know, we had a good first half you know and the lads worked hard you know and the gaffer told us to play it wide you know and we kept plugging away you know...."

gbs

I am relieved to see that I am not alone in being upset by the way in which our language is polluted by various imported influences ("like" and the RAI, rising Australian inflection which turns a statement into a question) and declining standards in our schools. For example it often appalls me when listening to post match interviews that the captains of our various international sports teams speak a version of English that does not compare well with their opponents. Making use the written and spoken language more accessible/relaxed does not help the intended beneficiaries; it results in another barrier to communication.

It's important, innit!

dag_on_a_bike

Judgement instead of judgment

FCE2007

'Ballpark figure' and 'leave it with me' are two phrases a guy at work uses ad nauseam :x
Must admit I use 'dude' quite a lot :oops:

Oh, and the people who type quite when they mean quiet *shakes fist*

balthazar

In writing, misunderstanding contractions of "have" – could've becomes could of; would've turns into would of, etc.

Also a grammatical tic that runs through these forums: missing out the personal pronoun (I) from the beginning of sentences. "Used to have those... Went to the shops... Have got them". Apart from being immensely irritating, this can get confusing, as personal reports become instructions.

domhnall_dearg

Enormity being used to mean large size. Again even the beeb's started doing it.

shouldbeinbed

Action rather than do

can you action that for me?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh F**k off

brin

when you are asked for your pin number, i don't have a person identification number - number,
also irritated by the use of the phrase "getting there" "how's he doing now?" "oh, he's getting there" ........where?

deptfordmarmoset

Also a grammatical tic that runs through these forums: missing out the personal pronoun (I) from the beginning of sentences. "Used to have those... Went to the shops... Have got them". Apart from being immensely irritating, this can get confusing, as personal reports become instructions.

Do that myself a lot. Think it's more widespread than these forums (fora??) though. Also think that it's useful in simple constructions starting subject-verb for avoiding that repetition of I: ''I went to nan's caravan in the holidays. I had fish and chips every day. I played with my baby brother in the sea.....''

Note to self: must try to stop doing it all the time

Chip \'oyler

AT THE END OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh :evil:

NervexProf

'At the end of the Day' - whenever that is!

balthazar

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

Also a grammatical tic that runs through these forums: missing out the personal pronoun (I) from the beginning of sentences. "Used to have those... Went to the shops... Have got them". Apart from being immensely irritating, this can get confusing, as personal reports become instructions.

Do that myself a lot.

Think it's more widespread than these forums (fora??) though. Also think that it's useful in simple constructions starting subject-verb for avoiding that repetition of I: ''I went to nan's caravan in the holidays. I had fish and chips every day. I played with my baby brother in the sea.....''

Note to self: must try to stop doing it all the time

I think that might be it – a worry about coming across as self-obsessed. However the "I" is there in the reader's mind, even if it's only imagined! If it isn't, then the reader has the wrong end of the stick, as I often do...!

A related objection – "I myself"...

Chip \'oyler

NervexProf wrote:

'At the end of the Day' - whenever that is!

Whenever anyone says this bollox phrase (which happens very very often) I tend to answer
"it's time to go to bed"

NervexProf

Chip \'oyler wrote:

NervexProf wrote:

'At the end of the Day' - whenever that is!

Whenever anyone says this bollox phrase (which happens very very often) I tend to answer
"it's time to go to bed"

So right Chip 'oyler - and it signals to me that the speaker, spouter has made up his,her mind and that discussion is closed! - 'like I am right' nothing more to discuss - so go to bed is the right course.

dag_on_a_bike

The most misused, and overused word has to be

F U C K

(or derivatives thereof)