Basically, definitely!, absolutely!, at the end of the day..

Indeed, but why highlight that the issue is obvious by using the word "clearly" - it's the assumption that the person you are talking to is a moron and is incapable in understanding the issue.
 
To be totally honest, I mean I can obviously see why people don't like certain terms. But literalily everyone uses them, it aint even that unique Bruvs. It's like I turned around as said to my mate, 130% of people don't know how to speak the english properly. It's like my lush girlfriend she literally can't speak much english, and definitely needs some teaching right?

Cheers

Dangerstat
 
One of my lecturers used 'basically' way too much, so we decided to place bets on how many times in one [45 minute] lecture he'd say it.

87 was the record if I remember rightly.
 
I'm not being funny right, but going forward,
this sort of burger king type lingo ticks all the right boxes.
We can take some positives by putting it out there.
Thinking outside the box, it's a way to fast track
what people want to say.





Innit. :D
 
I just can't stand it when people on the tv say "sick" when they mean sixth. What's wrong with them? Can't they pronounce "th"?

Listen to the F1 commentators for an example.
 
I was reading a PhD thesis the other day which suffered from the "basically" cancer. In fact, the first word of the abstract was "basically". It did get on my **** somewhat. Obviously his examiners didn't notice / care though...
 
Decimate - to mean something totally destroyed.

People who use the construction "I'm like" to mean "I said"

Politicians on TV who use "The public want" when they mean "I and my party want"

Weather presenters who say "risk" when they mean "chance"

Jeremy Kyle - everything he says :)
 
Hate it when people use the word "like" every other word in a sentence. "So like it was like, you know like when like..."
 
I like this: Lynch's guide

It's aimed at the written word and Americans but basically it literally contains a lot of aforesaid misuses and, like, you know, er, thing. I do love (hate) incoherency and the use of 'big words' for effect and not meaning.
 
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