BilRed Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Am I the only person that is sick of the gross overuse of the word 'iconic' these days? The BBC seem particularly bad, both on TV and on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusewalker Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I've never noticed that one, but have noticed genius, diva, legend, pioneering, cutting edge, are applied freely to people that are usually defintively not. similar thing i suppose i have also detected the phrase 'i am offended, or 'i find that offensive', etc, etc, is a lot more prevalent in society these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickentikka Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Celebrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collies r best Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hero. How can footballers etc, celebrities and so on be heros? It really annoys me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K9Fran Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hate - to hate something is a strong emotion, so how can anyone 'hate' baked beans, for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickentikka Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 ...........and tragedy, so many trivial, idiotic little things are described as a tragedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 my gripe with tragedy is when it is used incorrectly ie the tragic parents or the tragic car owner... the event may be a tragedy but the people are not tragic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Basically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Totally unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusewalker Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 media headlines: Arctic Freeze! Siberian Weather! yeh yeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nightmare. As in 'the traffic was a nightmare'. No, a nightmare is your worst fears coming true, not a few cars making you a bit late for work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasmine Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I hate the word, urghhhhhhhh not sure I can even type it it makes me cringe so much......................................... I'll shut my eyes and type then I don't have to see it ...... bespoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazydaisy Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Sorry if I sound pedantic, but the complete misue of grammer makes me really annoyed. E.g people talking about events in the past as if it was present tense Another phrase which annoys me is "credit crunch". Particularly when the BBC constantly uses this phrase. There are lots of other words which can be used to describe the current situation. End of rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spins4me Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Basically I agree! I also really dislike "24/7" and "property" when used to describe a house, flat etc. I also can't bear to hear a noun used as if it were a verb. Eg At this year's Olympics competitors were descibed as being expected "to medal" not "to win a medal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittycat Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I hate it what people write in txt speak or like this . . . ii thiink Th3 R3FUG3 iis Aw3som3 what is the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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