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99sngbrd99's avatar

Most over used words in 2008?

Asked by 99sngbrd99 (22points) December 31st, 2008
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misskelly's avatar

F*?@ .... Profanity is being accepted in the workplace and socially more & more, I just find it lacking. To me Knowledge is power and an enriched vocabulary is more interesting!!!

99sngbrd99's avatar

yea i wish people used more nteresting words!

cookieman's avatar

“bitch” and “asshole” have been far more prevalent on broadcast TV. Not sure I like it.

Personally, I could live without hearing the “Palin” ever again (sure it’s a proper name, but what the hey).

Curious404's avatar

“Cautiously” and “Optimistic”. Double points when used together!

asmonet's avatar

Change.

Shoo, word. Shoo.

tyrantxseries's avatar

Political people/parties apologizing

seekingwolf's avatar

Maverick. Maverick-y….any variations of the word.
GAH!

kfingerman's avatar

I HATE the way “retarded” as an all-purpose insult seems to have crept back into common usage among people who should know better.

augustlan's avatar

‘My friends.”

gailcalled's avatar

Awesome.. the umbrella word for everything, it seems.

mea05key's avatar

credit crunch

Jeruba's avatar

Here’s a piece about words banned for overuse. And here’s the actual list.

laureth's avatar

Meltdown. Bailout. Wall Street. Main Street.

Cardinal's avatar

At the end of the day….................

I’m playing in a new sandbox now.

Awesome, way over used.

Spargett's avatar

“Douchebag”.

tiffyandthewall's avatar

“chill”
as in, “omg i made some chill bracelets”, “omg i’m sooo chill!~”, “my cat is really chill”, “this movie is like so chilllll!” ugh.
gdfjgxdfk. SO ANNOYING.

tandra88's avatar

Gosh, isn’t Obama the most over used word of 2008?

laureth's avatar

It would be hard to stop using Obama’s name, though, much like it would have been hard to not use the name “Bush” or “Dubya” a while back.

tandra88's avatar

@laureth: Yeah, that is true.

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