Overuse of the word/saying "REALLY?" - is really annoying

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We've all heard it surely? I think it's another Americanism that has now infected the UK. I hear it on TV all the time, and I've started to hear people I know even use it. I can't stand it.
I found an article on it online where someone in America was complaining about it last October. Full link below. I took a snippet from it to explain the saying incase people haven't heard it or don't understand how it is said (I can't find an example on youtube at the moment).

I’m not talking about “Really?” as a request for more information or an expression of surprise. I’m referring to the more recent, faddish use of it: delivered with a high-pitched sneer to indicate a contempt so complete that it requires no clarification.

Say a co-worker shows up for a pivotal meeting wearing a plaid blouse and a polka-dot skirt. In the old days you might have said: “Well, that is certainly an interesting fashion choice. Myself, I prefer something more subdued when sitting down with a client.” Now, though, if you’ve succumbed to the loathsome trend, you will simply aim as withering a look as you can at your colleague, say “Really?” and walk away.
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Full article: HERE


So you can all say REALLY? below now. :)
 
I have an issue with the overuse of the word "awesome". When I hear it I feel like asking "Is that really awesome? Is it like watch a nuclear explosion or something else of that nature in which you cannot take your eye off even if you wanted to?"
 
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I agree, it's really not called for. Really is really used far too much when really it doesn't really to be used really as much at all.
Really! :p
 
aww O RLY and Ya RLY :) now that is a meme before everything became a meme, really.


It doesn't bother me at all, its humans communicating. Although the kind of person i expect to constantly comment "really??" is a checkout girl, doing her nails why another tells her a story about another checkout girls sexual exploits...
 
Efour2 said:
aww O RLY and Ya RLY :) now that is a meme before everything became a meme, really.


It doesn't bother me at all, its humans communicating. Although the kind of person i expect to constantly comment "really??" is a checkout girl, doing her nails why another tells her a story about another checkout girls sexual exploits...
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Tell me more about these checkout girls. They sound hot and slutty, which is good because then you don't have to treat them like real people.
 
"Really" as a snippet equivalent to "As I cast my eye upon your appearance/behaviour please allow me to suggest that you must be attempting to present us with a product of your bowel movement at this very moment in time" is here to stay.

It fits right, it's to the point, it's undeniably easy to understand, it's easy to prononce and short. It's a tiny url of disapprovals. But what's most important, it spares us all from endless encounters with that terrible, tired and forced "smart*** cleverness" of longer formulated criticisms and tirades, often delivered in form of embarrassingly outdated urban proverb, or worse yet, some sort of yesteryear internet meme derivative, most likely softened in process, just enough to not overinsult and not end up being sued for harassment, while completely loosing intended edge. And all of the above, offered complete with the author looking around for approval afterwards or in extreme cases awaiting chest bump or "high five", can be easily avoided and spared, with a simple, universal, sweet and short single word. Really.
 
Wellie annoying especially if they suffer from Rhotacism, or should that be Whotacism?
 
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