The most overused word in English

[lunatic59]

An icehole cut me off in traffic once.


Once!

 

[MoodyBlues]

'My bad'. How utterly ignorant.

Every time I hear it I'm tempted to say, 'your bad? You have a bad? Please produce this bad of yours, as I've never seen one and I'm curious about what a bad looks like.'

'Bad' is not a noun, folks. It's not something you can have. And yes, words really mean things. 'Bad' is an adjective that describes a noun. Bad dog. Bad movie. Bad breath. But there's no such thing as a good bad or a bad bad.

So you'll sound a lot smarter (and won't pi$$ me off) by saying 'sorry, my mistake' or 'whoops - my fault' instead of 'my bad'.

Okay, my Captain Literacy cape comes off. For awhile.

This used to annoy the hell out of me, for the same reason you noted. Luckily, its use has subsided to such a point that I almost never hear it any more. It seems like it reached its peak about 13 or 14 years ago. I always wondered where it came from, but I guess it's like most fads, coming seemingly from nowhere yet everyone does it!

 

[dontpanicbobby]

All fads come from somewhere.
You must be older than me @MoodyBlues.

If I cared I'd deep search the tuck out of it to find out

I'm convinced it's a variation of "My Bag" so I need look no further.

 

[MoodyBlues]

All fads come from somewhere.
You must be older than me @MoodyBlues.

Of course I am--I'm older than dirt!

 

[Milo Willamson]

life.I seriously do not like that word, how about existence? OR how about something else in the thesuarus? Serioulsy people we need go get out and read more. Every other human being. Gee...

 

[The_Chief]

You may be older than dirt, @MoodyBlues , but anyone with that username can't be all bad!

(I saw all the cool bands in concert... including The Moody Blues)

 

[MoodyBlues]

You may be older than dirt, @MoodyBlues , but anyone with that username can't be all bad!

(I saw all the cool bands in concert... including The Moody Blues)

Thanks!

I love the Moody Blues...duh...hence my name here. I used to see them in concert every summer but that stopped some years ago. Their music is timeless as far as I'm concerned, and what's interesting to me is how many younger folks are really into them. Love that!

 

[no one]

Is your birthstone magma, Moody?

 

[Milo Willamson]

Thanks!

I love the Moody Blues...duh...hence my name here. I used to see them in concert every summer but that stopped some years ago. Their music is timeless as far as I'm concerned, and what's interesting to me is how many younger folks are really into them. Love that!

Yeah have Classic Rock, also Deep tracks they play them ever so often, I give Moody Blues a listen, they are really an excellent band.