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Sep. 24th, 2007 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
New favorite phrase: "On further reflection." It lets you change your mind and not sound like an idiot. I have been way overusing this one lately.
Readers, what word/phrase have you been overusing?
Readers, what word/phrase have you been overusing?
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Date: 2007-09-24 04:09 pm (UTC)Argh.
This sucks, change it. or This sucks, I never win.
Its your call.
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Date: 2007-09-24 04:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-24 04:31 pm (UTC)I think I'm abusing "totally" lately too, but on the plus side, I think I'm finally over "fabulous."
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Date: 2007-09-24 06:14 pm (UTC)And I've been frustrated at not finding a good alternative for "I can't believe s/he did that!" It's particularly a problem when objecting to the behavior of two specific people -- I can (and do, in fact) believe it, but I can't find any other suitable way to express my shock at how flagrant a violation of acceptable behavior I deem the action to be.
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Date: 2007-09-24 06:32 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, that one's a common one for me as well.
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Date: 2007-09-24 04:43 pm (UTC)I'm all about the null hypothesis, so I'm always saying that (group) is not inherently (property).
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Date: 2007-09-24 07:35 pm (UTC)Sadly I have no erudite words or phrases that I overuse, though I do seize on words while writing that I repeat in short spurts until I find a new word to repeat. My advisor (who is an amazing and terrifying copy editor) calls me on this a lot.
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