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Words or phrases people use too much

posted 6 years ago by Moonglum9 (11320)
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I've noticed a lot of people from young teens to late 20's literally say "literally" every couple of sentences. And, almost always, they don't really mean literally. I don't think they even know what it means.

For example, recently I walked around a corner and almost bumped into someone, startling them. The guy says, "Woah! I literally just shit a brick." As it happens, no masonry was expelled from his butt, and as it turns out, he didn't soil his pants in any fashion at all.

I also think the British say "brilliant" way too often.

Any other phrases that bug people?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

"Oh my god"

[–] Stratego (30779) 6 years ago

I was a big fan of that expression when I was a teen back in the 90s and my classmates mocked me for it...until it became a thing and they started using it themselves.🙄

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

People seem use it preceding a sentence in the overly dramatic sense these days.

[–] ProductionNow (1072) 6 years ago

These 20's people use words to the extreme, so they lose their meaning. It's annoying, like "crying wolf", so when somebody does have a genuine reason to use the word, it's not taken seriously. Another over-used word is sockpuppet--if there is a poster who disagrees or that they dislike, they must be a 'sockpuppet'. Or because they have a sockpuppet, they assume everyone else is like them.

I noticed curse words like "fuck" casually said by younger people in public places because they assume it's cool/ hip and their right, with no regard for others.

Just more pure arrogance from the younger generation. This site is either a representation of 20's youngsters in general or just the maladjusted ones. Too bad movie-chat can't even be an enjoyable escape.
Very depressing

[–] Stratego (30779) 6 years ago

"Literally" and "like". Also "you know (what I'm saying)?" or simply "right?" after each sentence.

Having watched quite a bit of Judge Rinder I can also conclude the British are a big fan of "basically" and "at the end of the day".

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

The twenty somethings love "you know" and "like". Does this happen in Dutch ?

[–] Stratego (30779) 6 years ago

We don't really have a phrase similar to "like". "Weet je" (you know) seems to be popular with certain groups.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 6 years ago

I use "definitely" way too much, and "specifically" comes to mind as well.

[–] Stratego (30779) 6 years ago

You naughty boy!

[–] Daddyo (289) 6 years ago

24/7

[–] GlenEllyn (21592) 6 years ago

So.

So, have you noticed how many people begin speaking with so? 😉🙄

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

not only starting with it , but ending with it which is worse in my opinion so....

[–] Frogarama (12942) 6 years ago

So wait... What if you ask someone how they're feeling, and they say "So-so"?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Really???

[–] db20db (17348) 6 years ago

Slippery slope

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

Absolutely!

Used by marketing people to the point of annoyance.