Jennasis
DIS life goes on
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- Jun 11, 2000
My DH, a cousin and I have a running joke where we ring a bell (usually by pretending to tap one, if we are with each other, or by texting the word "ding" to each other if we are not) every time any one of us is around my older sister who uses one particular word ad nauseum when she is talking.
The word?.........LITERALLY.
It drives us mad. MAD I tell you! Everything is "Literally the hardest thing she's ever done" or every story has her "literally laughing her butt off." One time she even said she "almost literally had a heart attack."
Really? Almost literally?
So it lead me to review some other overused (and often misused words and phrases). Here are just a few (of which I am guilty of using).
LIKE......as in "it's, like, so hot outside."
AMAZING...generally overused by youth to describe things they like. "Those shoes are amazing", "your hair is amazing" etc.
SERIOUSLY...guilty as charged. Often used as a response to something I think is unbelievable. Like when someone says something racist or ignorant. As in, I can't believe you'd say something like that.
Go on, add to the list (and it's all in good fun). DH put his foot down on me when I he couldn't stand my overuse of the word "INTIMATE" (pronounced in-tuh-mate...as in to imply or suggest)
The word?.........LITERALLY.
It drives us mad. MAD I tell you! Everything is "Literally the hardest thing she's ever done" or every story has her "literally laughing her butt off." One time she even said she "almost literally had a heart attack."
Really? Almost literally?
So it lead me to review some other overused (and often misused words and phrases). Here are just a few (of which I am guilty of using).
LIKE......as in "it's, like, so hot outside."
AMAZING...generally overused by youth to describe things they like. "Those shoes are amazing", "your hair is amazing" etc.
SERIOUSLY...guilty as charged. Often used as a response to something I think is unbelievable. Like when someone says something racist or ignorant. As in, I can't believe you'd say something like that.
Go on, add to the list (and it's all in good fun). DH put his foot down on me when I he couldn't stand my overuse of the word "INTIMATE" (pronounced in-tuh-mate...as in to imply or suggest)
