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Has "tremendous" taken over from "super" ? |
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Has "tremendous" taken over from "super" ?
One thing that used to niggle me was when Americans would say "super" in front of things, often said twice. Like "he was super super talented". Some would say it all the time. Now though I hear the word "tremendous" said all the time.
Any words mildly annoy you, perhaps irrationally, when you hear them repeatedly used ? |
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Absolutely.
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Unbelievabl.e
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Awesome and Uber are two americanisms we could well do without.
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Gotten annoys me - I know it was used once long ago in England but it now seems to be creeping back into use here from American influence.
I reserve most of my hatred for could/would/should OF instead of HAVE. Shudders. |
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I can't stand "super" in that sense. Someone I know talks about his girlfriend (ex actually) being "super prideful" - ie she won't have him back
![]() Super means brilliant, excellent, bloody marvellous. Not a comparator. |
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Tony and David started all of this on The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin.
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Anything is better than the awful "awesome"
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One thing that used to niggle me was when Americans would say "super" in front of things, often said twice. Like "he was super super talented". Some would say it all the time. Now though I hear the word "tremendous" said all the time.
Any words mildly annoy you, perhaps irrationally, when you hear them repeatedly used ?
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Hugely. Everyone is always hugely talented. Or hugely something or other.
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'Awesome'. The proper meaning of this word is 'to inspire awe and wonder'. Sadly, most young people use it when they actually mean 'vaguely good' or 'pretty decent'.
And has anyone noticed how 'passionate' everyone is? |
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and everything that politicians spout these days has to include the word Robust somewhere
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It's Jeremy Vine and his bloody Tremendous Knowledge Dave nonsense.
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How long has that "super" thing being going on? I seem to remember a time in the late 80's or early 90's when if posh people or yuppies were getting the pee taken taken out of them on tv that they'd be portrayed as saying "supah" a lot. For some reason I want say Fergie, (the royal one) was connected with it all. If it did come from America, I suppose they were some of the kinds of people who would have adopted it first. Trans-atlantic travel was less accessible in those days for your average Joe and it took more wealth to get over there. Quote:
It's Jeremy Vine and his bloody Tremendous Knowledge Dave nonsense.
I like his back-story too. He claims that he used tro make a living touring pubs and playing the old quiz machines that they used to have in them for a living, finding it more and more difficult as he'd regularly get banned for winning too much. Big Manchester United fan too, and as I'm one as well I'm biased towards him. I don't really go anymore but would sometimes see him at the match when I did. |
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Awesome and Uber are two americanisms we could well do without.
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One thing that used to niggle me was when Americans would say "super" in front of things, often said twice. Like "he was super super talented". Some would say it all the time. Now though I hear the word "tremendous" said all the time.
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Amazing is far too overused these days .. everything's got to be 'amazing!'
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Tremendous, smashing ,great. .
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Amazing is far too overused these days .. everything's got to be 'amazing!'
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Saw a comedian talking about that once, saying that it didn't leave many words to describe truly amazing things.If this sandwich is amazing or that coffee awesome, then what could we say if aliens landed?
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Saw a comedian talking about that once, saying that it didn't leave many words to describe truly amazing things.If this sandwich is amazing or that coffee awesome, then what could we say if aliens landed?
Either that, or "What took you so long?"
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Tremendous, smashing ,great. .
"Tremendous, smashing, great" just doesn't have the same ring to it at all, does it?!
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"Tremendous, smashing, great" just doesn't have the same ring to it at all, does it?!