Most overused adjectives

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Hahaha, I feel the same about the word like.

I am very relieved that at least recently it feels that word is not being used like it was 10 years ago.

IE: "She's like, so..." "Thats, like, rad." "Like, totally." etc etc etc

[Russic]

Originally Posted by simmer2

This one is a noun that bugs me but I'll share it anyways.

So here's an example of how pretty much every single conversation goes with someone in the Oil Patch:

Me: Hey man, how are are ya?
Him/Her: Busy!

Busy is not a description of how you are doing, seriously. I don't care if your boss has you working 120 hours per week, if I cared I would have asked that question. Stop making yourself sound important by saying you are busy, nobody cares.

This made me laugh as I complain about this almost daily. Coming in at a close #2 is when people use "like" as a sound to just fill in the space when they aren't talking. I often find when these people are drunk the word "like" quickly turns to "****'in". For instance: Let's go the ... ******...7-11". I appreciate a good curse as much as the next person but every single sentence is a bit much.

[burn_this_city]

tight or dope.. Another one I heard recently was buck..

WDF is buck?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

tight or dope.. Another one I heard recently was buck..

WDF is buck?

I'm really glad "phat" has gone out of style. Mind you, I really hate "fresh" too.

[fatso]

I really loathe the use of "pimp" as an adjective, although I'm sure I've used it myself.

A pimp is an individual who procures illegal funds from exploiting prostitutes. Seems like an oddly misogynist way to describe your car or your clothes.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by fatso

I really loathe the use of "pimp" as an adjective, although I'm sure I've used it myself.

A pimp is an individual who procures illegal funds from exploiting prostitutes. Seems like an oddly misogynist way to describe your car or your clothes.

Sounds like a pimpin job

[driveway]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

tight or dope.. Another one I heard recently was buck..

WDF is buck?

As described by Lil' C - a 'crumping' coreographer on So You Think You Can Dance, and the man responsible for the entrance of the word 'buck' into the common lexicon - Buck describes the state where "internal artistry meets physical expression."

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by driveway

As described by Lil' C - a 'crumping' coreographer on So You Think You Can Dance, and the man responsible for the entrance of the word 'buck' into the common lexicon - Buck describes the state where "internal artistry meets physical expression."

And here I thought it was a male deer

[habernac]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

And here I thought it was a male deer

or an uncle

[Save Us Sutter]

Have to nominate "clutch."

"I was so hungry, that McDick's drive-thru was clutch."

Also, when random is used to describe strangers, I don't mind it as much. "We met a bunch of randoms last night and ended up having a great time." This is acceptable.
When it is just describing everyday events as pointed out in this thread... not acceptable.

Also have to vote for "epic", "niiiiiice" and "crazy". If people's lives were as crazy as they say... well they'd all be locked up. Which might not be a bad thing... you could almost say it would be epic.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by driveway

As described by Lil' C - a 'crumping' coreographer on So You Think You Can Dance, and the man responsible for the entrance of the word 'buck' into the common lexicon - Buck describes the state where "internal artistry meets physical expression."

driveway is fastly becoming CP's resident Hip-Hop or "urban" translator. See his blog: "Fresh words for whiteys".

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

Another word:
"Sick"
As in: "That car is so sick!"
You make me sick for using that word!!!

haha I remember that one, I used to say it all the time. I think it died off 3-4 years ago, I haven't heard that in a long time.

Also, this next one I dont really hear in real life, but I see it on MB's all the time: "Wow...just wow". I used to love that one, but then I saw it posted a hundred million times.

[Claeren]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

The word 'random' bothers me ALOT as well,

Any guesses as to which "word" annoys me?!







I use 'brutal' too often and it even bothers me. I also use some of the others but I use them sarcastically - which can kind of take the edge off how annoying I find them??

IE: "OMG that is soooooo frikkin WICKED!" And then roll-eyes and leave room....




Claeren.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by simmer2

This one is a noun that bugs me but I'll share it anyways.

So here's an example of how pretty much every single conversation goes with someone in the Oil Patch:

Me: Hey man, how are are ya?
Him/Her: Busy!

Busy is not a description of how you are doing, seriously. I don't care if your boss has you working 120 hours per week, if I cared I would have asked that question. Stop making yourself sound important by saying you are busy, nobody cares.

So, is your problem with the person's poor grammar (i.e. they should have said "I am busy" ) or your inability to deduce what it would be like to be working a lot? Also, if you are asking how someone is doing then shouldn't you care about the answer? If you don't then you are just engaging in mindless chatter.

[Ayrahb]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

The word should be reserved for our fiire fighters, police officers, soldiers, etc. .

I don't think that word should be "reserved" for anyone based on the job they are doing.

[arloiginla]

nice, tight, dynamite, amazing, sick, epic, awesome, brutal....I think most of these have been covered already but it deserved mentioning again. Ugh.

[driveway]

Originally Posted by rubecube

driveway is fastly becoming CP's resident Hip-Hop or "urban" translator. See his blog: "Fresh words for whiteys".

Word up homes. I'm just tryin' to be trill.

trill: An adjective used in hip-hop culture to describe someone who is well respected, coming from a combination of 'true' and 'real'.

And the word/phrase/adjective that drives me up the damn wall is "I'm not going to lie to you." When people use it I just wanna grab them, shake them by the shoulders and start screaming 'Lie to me! Lie to me!'


and for the record, my blog is all about booze: http://alcoblogger.blogspot.com

[jydk]

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[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by jydk

The new thing is "Outty 3000", so when ever you are leaving and you are to say bye to the people you were with, you say:
"I'm outty 3000 yo"
then everyone says back
"Outty Homeslice"
Ah, its great, makes you feel on top of the world!

Oh, that is bad. People who actually come up with, and use things like that should be slapped.

[onetwo_threefour]

Originally Posted by driveway

And the word/phrase/adjective that drives me up the damn wall is "I'm not going to lie to you." When people use it I just wanna grab them, shake them by the shoulders and start screaming 'Lie to me! Lie to me!'


and for the record, my blog is all about booze: http://alcoblogger.blogspot.com

As they say, when someone says "To be honest," or "I don't want to lie to you," they are about to lie to you.

(BTW, in earlier posts actually and choked are both being used as adverbs, not adjectives. And 'buck' has always meant 'naked' as far as I know)

The ones I am guilty of are basically and essentially. I say those constantly. It's kind of a hedge against being wrong. I'm saying, "There's much more to this that I'm not going to tell you about." Therefore, if it later turns out I'm wrong I can say "Well I did say basically.." I think it sounds condescending but I can't seem to stop. My assistant, when I dictate a letter, always razzes me about it. Whenever I start talking to her about a letter I need done, she says "Basically, essentially?"