Most overused words of 2008-2009

green

(Even the oil companies are using it.)

Smart.

alleycat said:

green

(Even the oil companies are using it.)

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There was a news story here about how Wisconsin Energy is giving a grant to the city to change all the traffic lights to green.

And I was thinking, that's going to cause an awful lot of accidents.

"It'll be done soon, I swear."

Well, those are the most often used words in my house, these days.

I have NO idea what's going on in the rest of the world...

- Ponzi
- anywho

"Whatever."

Whenever someone uses that word to end a sentence, it makes me want to punch them right in the teeth and, you know, whatever...

d&f.

Weirdass use of grow. "This is how we'll grow the program."

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This one has been bothering me for at least ten years, starting about the time I joined the private sector from college.

I guess those intransitive verbs are tricky...

I'm also unreasonably bothered by the increasingly common use of the word "addicting". We already have a perfectly good word for that quality.

u
ur

"In the tank"

Game Changer & Vetted....

CaroGirl said:

In my house? Random.

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Is that not just an Irish phenomenon? Dear God, its evil is spreading- it must be stopped. Add to that "literally" and "actually"-both of which leave me apoplectic with rage when uttered by vacuous teenaged socialites.

Also, as is suggested below, and I know its already been mentioned- recession. No more depressing word at the moment.

Tot Mom.

Newschannels use the term as if it somehow doesn't mean a mother of a toddler (in obnoxiously cutsie language). How many mothers of toddlers might there be? Apparently just the one. Aaaaaack!

backslashbaby said:

Tot Mom.

Newschannels use the term as if it somehow doesn't mean a mother of a toddler (in obnoxiously cutsie language). How many mothers of toddlers might there be? Apparently just the one. Aaaaaack!

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Tot mom? What does that even mean?!

It's what some stations call Casey Anthony, the mother arrested for murdering her toddler fairly recently. I have no idea why the story gets so much attention at all, as a matter of fact.

backslashbaby said:

Its what some stations call Casey Anthony, the mother arrested for murdering her toddler fairly recently. I have no idea why the story gets so much attention at all, as a matter of fact.

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I'm guessing that sadly infanticide sells. I hate it when tabloid type media christen people with stupid names like that- it justs cheapens the whole story and doesn't do justice to the people affected by it. But that's just my rant!

Saskatoonistan said:

Let's compile a list!

1) Audacious
2) Audacity

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Hope

Saskatoonistan said:

(Seriously, these two words are EVERYWHERE now and it really needs to stop.)

3) Stimulus
4) Bailout
5) Change
(I prefer "reboot")

Feel free to add.

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And sometimes a stimulus can result in a ...

Disproportional Response (or is is Disproportionate Response?)
though it seems that one only lasted for a week or two, but I swear I read or heard it several times a day in that time period. I suppose doing nothing for months on end while someone shoots missiles into your land is NOT considered ... woops, wrong thread.

Toxic Assets (wouldn't those actually be LIABILITIES???)

I had others come and go through my mind as I was reading the thread, but I don't remember them now. I do seem to recall hearing something like "Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy" more than once.

Mortgage Crisis (or was that pre-2008? It was definitely "looming" for a while...)

Looming.

Toothpaste said:

"current economic climate"

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At any moment I'm expecting a UN commission of economists to form with their sole purpose being to study and warn about Global Economic Climate Change. A prominent member might be Al Go Greenspan.

Willowmound said:

There might be regional differences here. I live in the UK:

Credit crunch.

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I've heard that one a few times on this side of the pond.

ETA: I haven't heard this one in months, but last summer it was ubiquitous everywhere:

Pain at the pump

Global economic crisis - or worse The GEC

The Great Recession

Sub prime crisis

(I do too much serious media)

Look

The word look. Listen to any politician, listen to the news. Look, I think look is the most overused word of 2008/09.

dancingandflying said:

"Whatever."

Whenever someone uses that word to end a sentence, it makes me want to punch them right in the teeth and, you know, whatever...

d&f.

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Whatever happened to the good old days?

BfloGal said:

snuck

Once is too much. But I'm hearing it everywhere, and it is grating on me.

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It's not an overused word because it's not even a real word.

The past tense of "sneak" is "sneaked."

I'm glad someone listed "ponzi." I was reading the paper just this morning. Columnists obviously think this word makes them sound terribly insightful. Suddenly, anything a politician does is part of a ponzi scheme.

fullbookjacket said:

It's not an overused word because it's not even a real word.

The past tense of "sneak" is "sneaked."

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THANK YOU.

I never say snuck. But one of the characters in my book had to use it, because he was a complete ignoramous. It hurt to write it. I suffer for my art.

Devil Ledbetter said:

THANK YOU.

I never say snuck. But one of the characters in my book had to use it, because he was a complete ignoramous. It hurt to write it. I suffer for my art.

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It clearly has lingered in your thoughts after you wrote it. Go back and edit it out. Do it now!

Another one from my dear unmentioned household member: ridic
e.g. "The sushi was ridic, it was so good! Legit, it was the best I ever had."



It is so much fun to have a teenage girl in the house that I didn't have to raise! She is so much fun that I plan to keep her. She doesn't know this yet.

________-licious. (Fill in the blank with your choice of noun. You've now made your own adjective. Aren't you special. Now knock it off.)