If I had a fiver (even £1) for every time someone on TV gushes this over-used word, I could afford to give up my pension! Do you remember Zara Phillips at the Sports Personality of The Year Awards? It's been downhill ever since. I lost count this evening on Strictly, but pleeeease somebody use another adjective!!!
Is there another word which has the same effect on you?
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I can't stand 'from the get go' and if anyone 'gives me a heads up' I might just strangle them
The French have a much more subtle way of using superlatives - my lovely French neighbour described washing her 102 year old mother-in-law's soiled bloomers as 'pas tres interessant' (not very interesting) and when something is truly amazing they say its 'terrrible'. Young Brits have latched on to 'wicked' meaning 'good' but there it seems to stop. Or am I a completely out of touch ex-pat? Hate 'ex-pat' too. 
"spiralling out of control" is amazingly descriptive. 
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