what's up with the word amazing? i think it's the new catch word of the millineum, just like groovy and cool were. everything is....you look amazing, that smells amazing, i have this amazing new car, should i go on? can't we find other words to describe something, i'm so sick of that word. do you think the word amazing is being overused to describe anything and everything? or is it just me. guess it's just me. what do you think?
2006-09-21 07:50:06 · 15 answers · asked by amethystlady2000 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I am sick of the word "amazing'. It is so overused that every time I hear it, I want to scream.
2006-09-21 07:58:21 · answer #1 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say what is the trend to say. While amazing does describe alot of things other words could be used to describe better. You look stunning....You smell like a garden of fresh roses on a warm day... I just bought this car. It is the color of .... The problem is too many people take the easy way of describing things instead of being more descriptive.
2006-09-21 14:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common problem in language - "famous words". I just had some lessons with my students about it. In our language it's been "fantastic", "extreme" and "fain" lately;) You must try to find synonyms - some things just can't be amazing, but we call them that... Well, just a fashion. Good to be aware of this, but...as every trend it'll pass. And another word would appear instead,...
2006-09-21 14:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. amazing is used too often when it should not be. there is nothing amazing how a flower smells. it may smell pretty or lovely but not amazing. it is just a fill in word
2006-09-21 15:01:24 · answer #4 · answered by Billy T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is really amazing how an amazing number of americans use the word amazing at amazing frequency
2006-09-21 14:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me, I'm sick of the word "awesome". Most people who use it don't understand what it really means.
"I had a pizza last night, it was awesome."
Bullsh*t, there is no way a pizza can inspire awe!
Same with "literally".
"I *literally* died from shame."
Bullsh*t, you are still breathing!
2006-09-21 14:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much television leads to too little reading which leads to small vocabularies. A pity, that!
2006-09-21 15:23:56 · answer #7 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u are so amazing, it blows me off my amazing mind.....lol
just to add a dash of salt, irony and humour
2006-09-21 14:58:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazingly you are amazingly right. Amazing aint it? and I am amazed that you are amazingly right.:)
2006-09-21 20:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by livingonthinice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good job. Its an "awesome" question.
2006-09-21 14:58:55 · answer #10 · answered by Rustic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋