Literally.
The overusage of this word literally must stop immediately to save humankind.
Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
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Re: Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
I've noticed more and more people saying and writing "Meantime" at the start of sentences.
"I don't believe I can name a coach, anywhere, anytime, anyhow, who did it better than Doyt Perry."
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-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
BGSUsports.com - Where ESPN.com goes for BG history.
Re: Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
Copacetic, as in "Is this work copacetic?".
Typically used by contractors trying to show they know words other than the seven words George Carlin discussed during his career.
Typically used by contractors trying to show they know words other than the seven words George Carlin discussed during his career.
Re: Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
How the heck do you START a sentence with "meantime?" Do they mean "meanwhile?"TG1996 wrote:I've noticed more and more people saying and writing "Meantime" at the start of sentences.
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I love that I literally NEVER hear the word used properly!JoeFalcon wrote:Literally.
The overusage of this word literally must stop immediately to save humankind.
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Redwingtom
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Hope I am not too far off topic, but the phrase "Cool Beans" makes me want to bang my head against a wall!
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h2oville rocket
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Re: Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
"haters", "it is what it is" and my current worst "baby daddy/mommy" whcih apparantly means daddy or mommy but there wren't enough letters there to please some people so they added the "baby" part.
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Re: Annoyingly Overused Words in Everyday Conversation
The term "restraining order", as in "stay away from our windows or we'll get a restraining order" is waaay overused.
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Actually, I think they really mean "Meantime", even though it should obviously be "meanwhile". I could go along with "In the meantime", which is correct, but it's always just "meantime" with some of these folks, written and spoken.rood wrote:How the heck do you START a sentence with "meantime?" Do they mean "meanwhile?"TG1996 wrote:I've noticed more and more people saying and writing "Meantime" at the start of sentences.
"I don't believe I can name a coach, anywhere, anytime, anyhow, who did it better than Doyt Perry."
-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
BGSUsports.com - Where ESPN.com goes for BG history.
-1955 BG Assistant Bo Schembechler
BGSUsports.com - Where ESPN.com goes for BG history.
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CapitalFalcon
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How the hell has "like" like not made the list?
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CapitalFalcon
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Being in consulting, I have a lot of them:
Passionate "What are you passionate about"
Piggyback
Vis-a-vis
Radar Screen "Just wanted to make sure XYZ project was on your radar screen to get done"
Synergy
Good-to-know
Nice-to-have
Development opportunity
Elephant in the room
800 lbs gorrilla
30,000 feet
High-level
Bandwidth
Low-hanging fruit
Value add
Wordsmith
Believe me...I could go on...
Passionate "What are you passionate about"
Piggyback
Vis-a-vis
Radar Screen "Just wanted to make sure XYZ project was on your radar screen to get done"
Synergy
Good-to-know
Nice-to-have
Development opportunity
Elephant in the room
800 lbs gorrilla
30,000 feet
High-level
Bandwidth
Low-hanging fruit
Value add
Wordsmith
Believe me...I could go on...
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h2oville rocket
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And for the attorneys out there, I'm tired of hearing "appalled" and "Nazi thug". Next one to call me or one of my staff that might get a re-enactment of what Nazi thugs REALLY did.
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"High Def" ...getting sick of seeing everything advertised as High Def!
"Regarding BGSU, I would think their biggest strength is that they never give up, They never slow down and they battle hard even after the other team scores. We have to be on our game and never, ever take the foot off the gas for a second."
~~USCHO Poster
"BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got."
~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us
#NeverGiveUp
#NeverSurrender
#Relentless
#Resiliant
~~USCHO Poster
"BG was relentless. It's like they know that a good first pass on the breakout from a defenseman will almost always result in an odd-man rush against them - but they go in anyway and dare you to make that pass. All three of their goals were just grit and effort. That's a team any fan can be proud to support...they give all they've got."
~~USCHO Poster, AFTER Tech beat us
#NeverGiveUp
#NeverSurrender
#Relentless
#Resiliant
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Spoken like somebody that doesn't have an HD tv.Falcon Fanatic wrote:"High Def" ...getting sick of seeing everything advertised as High Def!
*droooooool*
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Seriously!*CapitalFalcon wrote:How the hell has "like" like not made the list?
* On the list.
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