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Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: ipearse on July 19, 2012, 02:24:52 PM

Title: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: ipearse on July 19, 2012, 02:24:52 PM

I went to Grammar school when I was younger, and one of the things it gave me was an appreciation of the richness of the English language. So these days I cringe when I hear just about everything described as "awesome". What happened to all those other great words - incredible, stupendous, fantastic, brilliant, outstanding, unbelievable..and more? So many to choose from, one for almost every situation.... so why is everything just "awesome?"..  OK, rant over....

Title: Re: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: twik on July 19, 2012, 03:00:18 PM

Could be worse - it might still be "groovy".

Title: Re: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: Echnaton on July 19, 2012, 06:08:17 PM

Quote from: twik on July 19, 2012, 03:00:18 PM

Could be worse - it might still be "groovy".

Far out!

Title: Re: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: DataCable on July 19, 2012, 06:43:45 PM

Quote from: ipearse on July 19, 2012, 02:24:52 PM

So these days I cringe when I hear just about everything described as "awesome".

What, like a hot dog?

Title: Re: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: gillianren on July 19, 2012, 08:38:47 PM

Ha.  My cat is named after a bit of his.  We call him D, but his name is El Diablo.  His brother was Don Miguel.

Title: Re: Is "awesome" the most over-used adjective in the English Language?
Post by: gwiz on July 20, 2012, 03:09:36 PM

Quote from: ipearse on July 19, 2012, 02:24:52 PM

.... so why is everything just "awesome?"..

Seems to be that most things around here are "amazing" rather than "awesome".