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What is the single most overused word here on DU? (Original Post) Magoo48 Jan 14 OP
Emptywheel. Scrivener7 Jan 14 #1
Milquetoast. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 14 #2
omg Passages Jan 14 #3
DESTROYED!! NewHendoLib Jan 14 #4
++++++ and yet never happens IA8IT Jan 14 #9
OMG this!! Then you watch the video & think "meh..." Callie1979 Jan 14 #12
And in the video a Democrat complained about a Republican. LeftInTX Jan 14 #33
Yes!...LOL LeftInTX Jan 14 #31
the? True Dough Jan 14 #5
. LuckyCharms Jan 14 #8
Please, Lucky True Dough Jan 14 #10
Oops Magoo48 Jan 14 #29
We'll forgive you, Magoo True Dough Jan 14 #37
I'm still having withdrawals from "that" and now "the"? Magoo48 Jan 15 #38
We're tightening things up around here True Dough Jan 15 #39
Trump Cirsium Jan 14 #6
Trump.... Hope22 Jan 14 #7
I've been using fuck Trump a lot. aeromanKC Jan 14 #11
Do it more!!! Celerity Jan 14 #36
Unprecedented......nt global1 Jan 14 #13
Cat. Sneederbunk Jan 14 #14
I'll second "Bombshell" as the most overused word here. Skip any post with it in the headline. n/t dobleremolque Jan 14 #15
"Post" Think. Again. Jan 14 #16
Fascist/Fascism Bonx Jan 14 #17
No. Not said enough. no_hypocrisy Jan 14 #18
Nazi/fascist DeepWinter Jan 14 #30
Nazi is my go to word for company overlords who exaggerate and have no sense of humor Beringia Jan 14 #35
Fuck and all its conjugations. In the way back it used be a shocking emphasis. Now it's just clutter. Ping Tung Jan 14 #19
There are some on DU who feel a need to constantly use profanity. Intractable Jan 14 #25
To some people it's just a form of verbal punctuation. Like a comma Walleye Jan 14 #26
TSF Emile Jan 14 #20
Meme Jazz Jon Jan 14 #21
"BREAKING" Mossfern Jan 14 #22
I have most of them on my Trash by Keyword list. hunter Jan 14 #23
Garland Intractable Jan 14 #24
Messaging Walleye Jan 14 #27
Whatever ALLCAPS bullshit is used in clickbait from grifter hopium merchants on Youtube RockRaven Jan 14 #28
FAFO Lemons UK Jan 14 #32
Haha, the DU equivalent of "Breaking News" still-prayin4rain Jan 14 #34

True Dough

(21,537 posts)
5. the?
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:19 PM
Jan 14

For goodness sake, people, please stop using "the" in your thread headlines and posts! We're all sick of it!

True Dough

(21,537 posts)
39. We're tightening things up around here
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 06:32 AM
Jan 15

It's in everyone's best interest to be concise, perhaps at the expense of being comprehensible.

dobleremolque

(944 posts)
15. I'll second "Bombshell" as the most overused word here. Skip any post with it in the headline. n/t
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:30 PM
Jan 14

DeepWinter

(770 posts)
30. Nazi/fascist
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 06:22 PM
Jan 14

has been so overused here I completely ignore it, because it's almost never true to the factual meaning of them. It's just people screaming at the sky.

Ping Tung

(1,600 posts)
19. Fuck and all its conjugations. In the way back it used be a shocking emphasis. Now it's just clutter.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:39 PM
Jan 14

Even little kids are yelling it without a blink.

I'm not a prude at all and consider my second language and my reluctant computer has heard all the conjugations many times.

“Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." Mark Twain

Intractable

(798 posts)
25. There are some on DU who feel a need to constantly use profanity.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:47 PM
Jan 14

There's a list of such people. It's call my ignore list.

hunter

(39,214 posts)
23. I have most of them on my Trash by Keyword list.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:43 PM
Jan 14

Starting with "Trump."

I also block and ignore news and opinion videos, which are often promoted with hyperbole.

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