The most over/misused words in the English language (8 Viewers)

[snakybus]

enough of that - you ought to know i'm beyond mocking boyo!!

leigh

This cannot be denied. It's true. It was more of a tribute, however. An homage.

 

[coast to coast]

"Angular guitars" is another one that does it for me. Lazy journalism. There's plenty more of them music journo clichés alos that get my goat. I'll have to start making a definitive list of the top 50 Most Overused Music Journalism Clichés and use it as a feature for the January issue of my monthly rag when I can't be arsed to write anything over the Christmas period.

 

[timbot]

'weird'

Surreal
- Maybe a bit weird?
- Yeah. You eating that burger?

Hmm...uncomfortable might have been the best option

 

[timbot]

"Angular guitars" is another one that does it for me. Lazy journalism. There's plenty more of them music journo clichés alos that get my goat. I'll have to start making a definitive list of the top 50 Most Overused Music Journalism Clichés and use it as a feature for the January issue of my monthly rag when I can't be arsed to write anything over the Christmas period.

Eponymous

Sophomore

Like x on y i.e. Miles Davies on Acid

 

[Froog]

"a veritable tour de force"
"The new Bob Dylan"
"Like a young Bob Dylan"
"Dylanesque"
"seminal"

 

[classic seanc]

"That was seminal jizm"

 

[timbot]

"a veritable tour de force"
"The new Bob Dylan"
"Like a young Bob Dylan"
"Dylanesque"
"seminal"

YES!!!!

And when talking about books, Kafkaesque

 

[Lili Marlene]

"a veritable tour de force"
"The new Bob Dylan"
"Like a young Bob Dylan"
"Dylanesque"
"seminal"

"the new Dusty Springfield" as well

 

[W.]

YES!!!!

And when talking about books, Kafkaesque

I actually managed to use that in an article about the HSE today. I thrive on clichés.

 

[CitySickness]

"a veritable tour de force"
"The new Bob Dylan"
"Like a young Bob Dylan"
"Dylanesque"
"seminal"

Nobody actually does this anymore, do they?

 

[cephalopod]

YES!!!!

And when talking about books, Kafkaesque

I've heard everything from baked beans to Franz Kafka himself being described as Kafkaesque.

David Lycnian
Lynchesque

Kafka was Lynchesque, non?

 

[Unicron]

People that do be doing things.

Unless it's Sinatra, he can doobey do all he wants.

 

[cephalopod]

I say that! I do be saying that all the time do be I

 

[snakybus]

See that comes from Irish. There's no equivalent "gach la" tense in English.

What do you do every morning?
- I be on thumped.

See? doesn't work.

 

[timbot]

See that comes from Irish. There's no equivalent "gach la" tense in English.

What do you do every morning?
- I be on thumped.

See? doesn't work.

I quite like those Irishisms (sic) that carried into English.

Some others that I like:
The car broke down on me.
I will come downstairs so.

 

[Unknown Convict]

I quite like those Irishisms (sic) that carried into English.

Some others that I like:
The car broke down on me.
I will come downstairs so.

amn't

 

[ratmonkey]

Things being "very unique". Either something is unique or it's not, there's no very about it.

 

[coast to coast]

Eponymous

Sophomore

Like x on y i.e. Miles Davies on Acid

Eponymous is fine, it acutally means something, its just that everyone (myself included) discovered what it means at the same time.

"Sophomore effort"...ugh.

 

[ratmonkey]

Ultimate. All these wretches describing their product as the ultimate whatever, when they're replacing it with a newer version six months down the line.

 

[timbot]

Things being "very unique". Either something is unique or it's not, there's no very about it.

Yeah, that one gets my goat too. In fact alot of absolutes are qualified...very true...