I think the term "epic" has been overused on the internet to the point it no longer holds the meaning it once held. "Epic" is now used to describe even the mundane and commonplace.
What other words are overused and no longer have the meaning they once had?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
"Yeah", "totally", "shit", "fuck", "hot" and all the other 4chan memes for starters.
"Owned"
Seriously, some of my brother's friends think killing someone, now matter how, in an online game means they "owned" them, no matter how many more times the opponent "owned" them back.
"pwned" is heading in the same direction I think.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Worst one for me is "Procrastinate". Everyone learned that word back in 6th or 7th grade and then started using it every time they wanted to talk about putting something off or being lazy. Not a misuse of the word at all, I'm just tired of hearing it just because people feel the need to use a word more than 3 syllables long to impress someone.
"Hey, whatcha doing?"
"Oh, I'm supposed to be writing a paper but I decided to PROCRASTINATE instead"
Also I hate hearing words like "emo" or "random" or basically anything else you'd hear a 15 year-old goth using.
Just to clarify, have they completely reinterpreted "to own" as "to kill" or are they simply over exaggerating their accomplishments?Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
One of my favorite recent reinterpretations of a word is the use of "real" to mean "sincere". Real talk.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Flame pit material right here
Genius is, and for that matter "retard". Those terms actually are supposed to be very limited in scope; and not every other person is one or the other.
I have to agree with "retard". It's pretty sad how much that word is overused to describe even the mildest of brain farts. I personally do not use it, as I do not wish to incur the wrath of karma resulting in my first born having a mental handicap because of my insensitivity.
I think the term "hero" is overused. I don't have a problem with people calling firefighters and police officers "hero", but I think it's a stretch. Really they're just doing their jobs or what is normally (un)common decency.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
gay - That's totally gay.
like - That's like...totally gay.
Noob, newb, n00b, nub, or any other variation.
That's not so recent. "Real" is a word with many interconnected meanings, the most central of which are synonymous with "true", "actual", "genuine", and "authentic". Also, a tertiary meaning is synonymous with "Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation"
"After all, I am strangely colored."
One of the worst TV moments ever for me was when Jane Pauly from the Today Show called herself a "newbie" when interviewing some computer geek. She giggled like it was the most amusing thing she'd ever heard.
I don't like the overuse of the term "guru" and "literacy" as it pertains to computing. I especially hate hearing "you're going to have to fix it for me, I'm not computer literate." Biggest cop-out I've ever heard. You don't tell your mechanic to fix your car because he's the "mechanical guru" and you're not "mechanically literate". Why is it ok to tell your IT tech that bs?
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“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
To kill.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
kawaii
^^even worse when heard in person and interjected into everyday speech
weeaboo
^^if you like anything the japanese like you must be a weeaboo guyz
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
"suck my ...." johnson. Seems played out to me.
___---------------------------- "THE DROPOUT CREW"--------------------------------________Deblas, IfingHateTonTon, RyougaZell, dragonrage.________
________ we may fuck up alot but we always pull thru.
The word "fail" has gotten really old. While it was amusing for a while, now it just seems to represent every single mistake possible out there, when previously it indicated a humorous mistake.
Peace.
"fml" is somehow already overused wayyy too much. I hope the internet gets tired of it soon.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
I don't like 'LOL'. It's been overdone to death.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
I guess that is true, but I think that would refer to something like "a real friend" or "a real hero" rather than saying, for example, that the lyrics of a song were "real" or that someone was "being real". Maybe my own interpretation of the word isn't quite accurate, but I've never heard that construction before about 3 or 4 years ago.
See, I actually find this a really cool phenomenon. It feels weird to us since we're used to using "own" as a humorous way to refer to one-upping someone in a video game, but who knows what kind of definitions it will adopt in the future.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
The inane abbreviations "u", "y", "r", etc. They spare the typer unbelievable two keystrokes yet completely manage to make the text look childish, unclean, sloppy, ugly, and unconvincing, no matter what the message was supposed to be. And unfortunately they show few signs of becoming less popular.
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