I guess words like 'quite literally, eewww, and totally' should go away on an immediate basis. These words are used by almost every other person in today's time and it seems like the usage of words is sooo high, that often, the intended meaning behind the phrase gets lost somewhere in the structure of the sentence. Instead people should learn to communicate with ease and explain what they have to. I feel these words are baseless and the abandoning of the same would not really alter the meaning of any statement, until and unless its use is specific and important.
There are several words and phrases pertaining to the English language which are so overused that they are eventually becoming meaningless. Usually such are the words and phrases that just appear somewhere out of the blue moon, into the air and get scattered all over the spoken as well as written language. Such are the words that are clichéd to such an extent that they make us feel like they should go away.
For instance, trending words like twerking, literally, absolutely, lit AF, totally, awesome, whatever and honesty are a few commonly cited terms. These words are so ubiquitous that we barely come to know of their presence while speaking or typing each day. Our everyday usage is full of such terms. And there is nothing so unique about those. However, not all of us are too into peppering our communication though most of us have fallen prey to it! These are the words that do not have any specific uses yet are employed to almost every conversation.
A few more overused words can include YOLO, anyway, spoiler alert, bucket list, LOL, amazing, keep calm and (insert random shitty thing to go on), actually, basically, due to the fact, etc., sort of/ kind of, just kidding/ just saying, all in all, at the end of the day, my bad, no offense but..., THIS and ATM machine. I mean the M already stands for machine and you are telling me Automated Teller Machine Machine? Like LITERALLY! Not only is it overused but it also is grammatically incorrect. And, how can I forget those annoying words - Bae, wifey, hubby and baby. A few more on the list that I can recall are: Thanks in advance, With all due respect, At this moment in time, I personally.., Nom-Nom(why not consider some other way of saying, "This is delicious?"), that’s so random and meh (could be the laziest ever response, just imagine a friend saying so in real life, wouldn't that be so hilarious).
I can ABSOLUTELY go on and on with this list. We all have those pet peeves about the over usage of certain words. And these terms are unacceptable, used on a regular basis, should go away from the list of vocabulary but definitely are here to stay for quite a long time. So, let me tell of a few more such terms and phrases that you must avoid using in your day to day life: slay, epic, irregardless, ...feels and preggers (why not be an adult and simply say pregnant?). Ironic, on fleek and ayyy are again some of those. I can’t even..., Oh umm, cray, cool, ...like..., world class, no worries, more likely, intensely good, so unique, terrific, fantastic, really, sup, you get me, unbelievable and amazeballs, are another set of words that need to be banned but you know somehow we cannot. That is how things are! But it is also up to every individual how he/ she learns to not use these terms and instead opt for something that is not so casual but sounds sophisticated and authentic!
There are several words and phrases pertaining to the English language which are so overused that they are eventually becoming meaningless. Usually such are the words and phrases that just appear somewhere out of the blue moon, into the air and get scattered all over the spoken as well as written language. Such are the words that are clichéd to such an extent that they make us feel like they should go away.
For instance, trending words like twerking, literally, absolutely, lit AF, totally, awesome, whatever and honesty are a few commonly cited terms. These words are so ubiquitous that we barely come to know of their presence while speaking or typing each day. Our everyday usage is full of such terms. And there is nothing so unique about those. However, not all of us are too into peppering our communication though most of us have fallen prey to it! These are the words that do not have any specific uses yet are employed to almost every conversation.
A few more overused words can include YOLO, anyway, spoiler alert, bucket list, LOL, amazing, keep calm and (insert random shitty thing to go on), actually, basically, due to the fact, etc., sort of/ kind of, just kidding/ just saying, all in all, at the end of the day, my bad, no offense but..., THIS and ATM machine. I mean the M already stands for machine and you are telling me Automated Teller Machine Machine? Like LITERALLY! Not only is it overused but it also is grammatically incorrect. And, how can I forget those annoying words - Bae, wifey, hubby and baby. A few more on the list that I can recall are: Thanks in advance, With all due respect, At this moment in time, I personally.., Nom-Nom (why not consider some other way of saying, "This is delicious?"), that’s so random and meh (could be the laziest ever response, just imagine a friend saying so in real life, wouldn't that be so hilarious).
I can ABSOLUTELY go on and on with this list. We all have those pet peeves about the over usage of certain words. And these terms are unacceptable, used on a regular basis, should go away from the list of vocabulary but definitely are here to stay for quite a long time. So, let me tell of a few more such terms and phrases that you must avoid using in your day to day life: slay, epic, irregardless, ...feels and preggers (why not be an adult and simply say pregnant?). Ironic, on fleek and ayyy are again some of those. I can’t even..., Oh umm, cray, cool, ...like..., world class, no worries, more likely, intensely good, so unique, terrific, fantastic, really, sup, you get me, unbelievable and amazeballs, are another set of words that need to be banned but you know somehow we cannot. That is how things are! But it is also up to every individual how he/ she learns to not use these terms and instead opt for something that is not so casual but sounds sophisticated and authentic!