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Fantastic and other superlatives?

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ffinnochio Tue 09-Jan-18 14:12:42

Awesome response, Iam64 ?

Jalima1108 Tue 09-Jan-18 14:07:47

The nice young girl at the opticians yesterday kept saying 'wonderful', 'fantastic' every time I answered a question; even when she asked if I had a parent who had glaucoma and I answered 'Yes' she said 'Fantastic'.
hmm

Nonnie Tue 09-Jan-18 13:54:17

Iam64 I don't think that is a reason for using superlatives willy-nilly. Any company using livechat would soon lose business if it used such responses!

I simply want to be treated like an adult when using such services, simple, correct English and to feel that they actually read what I write and take it in rather than just regurgitating whatever is on their list of 20 answers whatever the question.

Iam64 Tue 09-Jan-18 13:18:53

Pollyanna here - isn't it more pleasant to hear the overuse of praise and superlatives to moaning, critical, whingeing or verbally abusive responses smile

Marmight Tue 09-Jan-18 13:05:55

Oops! Lying in bed and dropped the phone blush
Awesome I loathe. I have a DD who says 'wicked' a lot which really annoys me.

Marmight Tue 09-Jan-18 13:02:48

Awesome is one of my

Jane10 Tue 09-Jan-18 12:51:49

Awesome! Gets my goatangry

BBbevan Tue 09-Jan-18 12:41:51

WOW and Amazing. Over used and now very very boring

ninathenana Tue 09-Jan-18 12:41:20

DD is guilty of replying 'fantastic' when on the phone to companies.
Very annoying.

NanaandGrampy Tue 09-Jan-18 12:33:57

Had to laugh at that Paddyann so true...and on the crafting pages every make is 'gawgus' even those you wouldn't give house room too and have been made by someone blindfolded with both hands tied behind their back !! LOL

paddyann Tue 09-Jan-18 12:25:59

"Stunning" every photograph on FB is stunning...be it a mediocre landscape or a picture of someone with their friends ..everybody is stunning looking ,every piece of grass ...

Nonnie Tue 09-Jan-18 12:19:28

Just been on livechat with my mobile phone provider. They asked for 2 digits from my PIN which I gave and the response was "Fantastic!" I was so tempted to give them the dictionary definition of the word but restrained myself.

Does anyone else get irritated by the overuse of superlatives? What is left when such words are used randomly instead of kept for appropriate use?

Won't go into the rest of the rubbish I went through before sorting out our new contract!