Irritating overuse/misuse of particular words.
 

Does anyone else cringe when hearing 'fantastic'?
...or is 'old age' lowering my tolerance level?

I know languages change over time, but overuse of this word causes me to judge the utterer to be 'of low intelligence'.

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Absolutley

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Fantastic.:D

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Old age?
Fantastic, innit?

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Awesome ;)

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Another Fantastic word.:D

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Anyway, I can tell you are going the extra mile, 'like'.;)

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That's the one I overuse.

I can't watch Jamie Oliver any more because of "literally".

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Basically, actually and the addition of the word 'like' at the end of every sentence are my pet hates.

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If people start using words such as those out of context they will find themselves talking to their self, one word I particularly hate is guys, especially if they are talking about my Soldiers, the Accrington Heroes./
I alus thowt fantastic wur a dance, as in tripping too.
Most of these stupid expresions can be blamed on that gang of Septic Tanks on the other side of the Atlantic.

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"to be honest", you should be able to assume that people are being honest anyway, no need to put this phrase in front of a sentence.

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'To be honest', a phrase we all use when we know we are about to bend the truth in our favour.

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To be honest, that's something I've never done.

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What, you've never been honest?
How do we know you're not lying?

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Is usually the precedent to a thunderous Porky! :D