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Is the pop usage of "absolutely" getting up your nose?

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ABSOLUTELY. Absolutely! absoluteleeeeeeeee .....

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The next person near me to exclaim the particular word in the topic title is gonna got a spank on their bottie from me.

(OK. well not a complete spank. Just PARTIALLY!)
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There is a new real estate company in town. Absolute Realty.
There's another new real estate company in town. Exit Realty.
I can't decide which has the worse name.
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I've not seen a problem with 'absolutely,' but 'totally' is getting old.
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Like is like getting old...
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Actually, some other words grate worse, even if I do use them myself.

I recently read "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman. The villain has a habit of (deliberately) saying "absatively!" (absolutely+positively). Naturally it causes him grief in the end. :twisted:
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Innocent Bystander wrote:The villain has a habit of (deliberately) saying "absatively!" (absolutely+positively). Naturally it causes him grief in the end. :twisted:
As it should.
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Meh. I have better things to whine about.
Like the misuse of "literally".
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and the misuse of 'hopefully'
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fearfaoin wrote:Meh. I have better things to whine about.
Like the misuse of "literally".

I'm with Fearfaoin on this one. Absolutely doesn't bother me but literally is over-used and mis-used abundantly.

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Boody wrote:Like is like getting old...

I forced my teenage daughter to say a whole sentence without using "like", "you know" , "anyway" or any other nonsense, filler words designed to spare teenagers from thinking while they talk. It was nearly impossible for her and she is much less guilty of using those words than any of here peers.

It was awfully fun to watch her try though.

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Post by Nanohedron »

I dunno. Usus loquendi, and all that; time was when "egregious" meant "outstanding" and "worthily notable", but now just means outstanding strictly in a bad way. Language is, like, awesome. :wink:
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Mitch Hedberg wrote:“I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. 'Mitch, do you like submarine sandwhiches?' 'All-encompassingly!'”
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talasiga wrote:The next person near me to exclaim the particular word in the topic title is gonna got a spank on their bottie from me.

(OK. well not a complete spank. Just PARTIALLY!)
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AB-SO-LU-TISSIMO! :lol:
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Absotively!
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The Weekenders wrote:Absotively!
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