Listen up, people! It's time for a new word.
I know you all know it and love it. It's like an old familiar friend you can always count on to come to the party with you. But your friend isn't fun anymore. Your friend brings nothing to the party. Your friend is unwelcome. Your friend has BO. "Amazing" is over! "Amazing" is played out! Pick a new word. Find a new friend.
You know a word is overused when you have to find new ways to pronounce it and stretch it out so that it sounds less boring. Don't think that it's suddenly a new word just because you pronounce the word like this:
This song is (pause) uh..MAAAYzing.
I don't care what you use. You can even go back the most played out A-words of years past ("awesome" and "actually," in case you didn't know). But it's time to face it--describing everything as "amazing," especially things that are decidedly NOT amazing, just makes you look stupid.
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Good call, Morgan!
I've been sick of Amazing for some time now....little Katie uses it to describe EVERYTHING...regarldess of it's actual Amazing level...."the dump I took last night was amazing."
I think that last year, Jessie was gonna kill me if I used the word "amazing" one more time. But then again, the time that I'm talking about, we were out to dinner with the whole family, Mom and I had just shared a bottle of wine, so I was toasted and trying not to appear so in front of the 'rents. That's the night that I discovered "Washee-Washee" laundromat. Jessie, Craig and Ben did not find it near as funny as I did. I still giggle like a little school girl anytime that I think about it. "Washee-Washee" The letters were made of chopsticks!! That's freaking HILARIOUS!
I think I prefer "legendary". Ok maybe that will not fit as a replacement, but still Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" loves it so it must be cool.
Yay! Bob reads my blog :)
I like "legendary." It, too, could become played out with overuse, but for now, it's golden.
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