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Most overused/misused word lately?

posted 4 years ago by TerraFirma69 (2310)
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I'm sick of hearing the word 'incredible' thrown around willy-nilly.

It also grinds my gears when people say 'nucular'.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Snowflake. This wore out its welcome a long time ago, yet it's still being used.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

Aw, does it upset you widdle snowflake, lol.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

Do you realize how ridiculous this sounds?

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

I'm just kidding around.

[–] jonathan_k80 (6436) 4 years ago

I assumed you were. No offense taken.

It still sounds ridiculous, though.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

Yes, my jokes tend to sound ridiculous. We could all do with a laugh with the year we've had.

[–] MonStar (13206) 4 years ago

Overused.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

So, overused.

[–] Moonglum9 (11320) 4 years ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OoASZyihalc

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

Lol.

[–] Gd5150 (11831) 4 years ago

Hybrid.
Sustainable.

Pretty much any Samsung add will incorporate every annoying word/trend that’s been popular for the last 5 minutes.

NucYOUlure is a great word.

[–] Iffy762 (1334) 4 years ago

And you can really amp it up by pronouncing it "N-YOU-kyoo-lure."

[–] Gd5150 (11831) 4 years ago

Back in the 80s that was the only way it was pronounced. It’s funny because it’s not spelled anything like new-Q-lure.

The way the computer pronounced it in War Games was the best.

[–] Hermione (113) 4 years ago

Mixing up “defuse” and “diffuse.” As in “trying to diffuse the situation.”

[–] nyctc7 (43898) 4 years ago

racism/racist
"Peaceful Protest" or "Mostly Peaceful Protest"

[–] MaximRecoil (4760) 4 years ago

The most misused word on the internet (in terms of percentage that people use the wrong word in place of the correct word) is probably "yay", which gets misused about 99.99% of the time on the internet when people are calling for a vote:

Incorrect: "Yay or nay?"
Correct: "Yea or nay?"

[–] TerraFirma69 (2310) 4 years ago

Queue the music.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39067) 4 years ago

Yay! For pointing that out.

[–] snepts (11123) 4 years ago

I really hate "nu-cue-lar" as well. First time I heard it was from that idiot W, and it seems a bunch of ditto heads had to adopt it so as to make him sound a little less dense. Sickening the dumbing down of the USA.

[–] TerraFirma69 (2310) 4 years ago

It's all over, not just the US. Especially galling is when you mention it to people and they say it "doesn't matter how you say it".