Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

Maybe Specki4eyes, but the one that gets me is desolé, which is often delivered with a shrug and a smirk....

Désolé that should have two accents, tricky, slidey finger stuff on the ipad!

Amazing is a splendid word but only when applied to something which is truly amazing. The problem is when it's applied to things that are actually routine, ordinary, what was anticipated/expected, etc.

Amazing means something that is stupendously astonishing, completely astounding, not something that is quite nice or moderately surprising.

j05 I've always referred to most things as fab just a carry on from my teen years but it is always understood and appreciated by who ever I am referring too,but I like amazing also.

I like the word "amazing" think it ecletic !!

That Sports Personality Award was cringe making, but what upset me about it was that I've seen Zara interviewed many times and she's incredibly witty; she really was shocked to win it, although she very much deserved to. Her boyfriend suffered for years on the rugby pitch afterwards, with cries of 'amazing' everytime he handled the ball.

As a nation, we seem to have changed, in the course of about half a century from understatement to hyperbole.

That's amazing annodomini.

Absent !

Ab fab, absent.

absent What has happened to you today? Only a couple of days ago you confessed to having no sense of humour, and today there's been no stopping you!

What about "sneak preview"? Surely it's possible to have a preview of something without subterfuge?

You can't beat 'fantastic' though.

Oh my God ...Oh my God ...Oh my God ...Oh my God ... ad infinitum.

'Looking forward'. Whats wrong with 'in the future'. Although I did hear someone yesterday talk about 'In the future looking forward' and I did toy with what the future would be like if we looked back rather than forward.

'At this moment in time'...in other words, 'now'!

"On a daily basis" - what's wrong with "every day"? - why does this irritate me? - am I turning into Disgusted of Tonbridge Wells? - can this be reversed? - is it all downhill now?

"Moving forward" - seems to get added to just about every pronouncement, I'm not sure I even know what it means.

Absolutely!!

'I can't wait'. Why not?

I get irritated during a news broadcast when we are told that a tragedy, or an atrocity 'took place' eg 'the bombings took place at midday'.
They don't take place.
They happen.
Ceremonies like weddings and funerals take place, but not accidents or other traumatic events.

Child 'I can't wait for Christmas!' Mum (me) 'What are you going to do then?'

Oh, and what about the next 'MUST SEE' film....

Not to be missed. What happens if you do?

....you miss it?

Or "must have" fashion items?
And if I am being really picky - "to die for" - not funny.