Which Overused Word Would You Banish To Hell?

[Casey Pelous]

Have you tried turning it off and on again? (^_^)

Some "users" should be directed to turn it off, turn it on, then turn it off altogether.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Have you tried turning it off and on again? (^_^)

Every bloody night.

 

[Khamon]

REBOOTING

We say IPLing up in here to confuse the whippersnappers ha ha ha

 

[Soen Eber]

Impact still grates on me, unless someone is talking about a physical object. The agitprop guy is my only entry.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Mindset. Because it embodies everything wrong with todays' economy: it's not the society, which is doing wrong. Nor your family. Nor... whatever. Nope, it's putting the blame on you, because you are not working hard enough to be the best you can be.

Housing prices, eggs and other food is/are way too high? It's not a problem of society, but instead your own, because you are not working hard enough to make more money!

You didn't get that promotion again you wanted since ages? Must be your mindset, because you were simply not good enough to get promoted!

You are enjoying some good fun in your spare time! Shame on you and your bad mindset, instead just having fun you should build your body, learn Mandarin or do something more productive!

And so on...

 

[Dancien]

"unprecedented times"
I'm sorry but after the past 10 years it should just be referred to as "the times"

 

[Khamon]

"correction" I wonder when the commentators are going to stop saying "correction" and admit that the markets will continue a generally downward trend as long as Trump is in office or at least until the Party fully takes over market manipulation management.

 

[Free]

"Iconic"

I seem to hear it a dozen times a day, or nearly so. Certain people I know or listen to use it constantly, often where its use is barely helpful, adjectively speaking. I've reached a point when just as I'm about to hear someone say it, I grumble "iconic" to myself as they're using it. It's making me nearly psychic in my predictive powers about its use, and nobody needs that (me being psychic, that is).

The word has many synonyms. Pick up a thesaurus (that iconic reference source...) and TRY USING THEM.

 

[Govi]

"Iconic"

I seem to hear it a dozen times a day, or nearly so. Certain people I know or listen to use it constantly, often where its use is barely helpful, adjectively speaking. I've reached a point when just as I'm about to hear someone say it, I grumble "iconic" to myself as they're using it. It's making me nearly psychic in my predictive powers about its use, and nobody needs that (me being psychic, that is).

The word has many synonyms. Pick up a thesaurus (that iconic reference source...) and TRY USING THEM.

Hmmmm... Are you, therefore, an iconoclast?

 

[Free]

Hmmmm... Are you, therefore, an iconoclast?

No.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Isn't it iconic, don't you think?

 

[Free]

Isn't it iconic, don't you think?

Alanis would spit on you.

 

[Soen Eber]

Isn't it iconic, don't you think?

It's the "like" word for pseudo-intellectuals who want to sound smart

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

"Leverage", as a synonym for "use".

 

[Veritable Quandry]

"Utilize" as a supposed synonym for Use.

 

[Soen Eber]

If they're going to abuse English, can't they at least pick up some of the older Anglo-Saxon, or some ancient Greek or Roman import? They at least have some romance and providence around them, and "sound" better.

Come on! The Tudor period and Shakespearean English are practically begging to be bought back to life.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Administrate, what's wrong with Administer? Administrate is a back formation from Administration which was a separate word that came from Latin.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

"Utilize" as a supposed synonym for Use.

Functionality rubs me the wrong way, similar energy there.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Functionality rubs me the wrong way, similar energy there.

yeah.... my company is full of such corporate speak. It's designed to sound fancy but everyone with any sense hates it.

Another I hear a lot now is "Hydrate" a document instead of "fill out". it's just silly.

 

[Free]

Another I hear a lot now is "Hydrate" a document instead of "fill out".

I suddenly have this image of thirsty documents hanging out around the water cooler.