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What's a word or phrase that you personally overuse or that you think everyone else overuses? Kimora Lee Simmons and her constant fabulosity was my inspiration.

Comments (16)

No. 1 · blackmistressdiva

I overuse dude, totally and fuck that.

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 7:22 pm
No. 2 · Chic Noir

What had happened was- other people

Actually-me

Oh really-me

God Forgive me for saying this but…-When I am going to say something negative about a person's appearance, I preface it with this.

Where you be at Yo- other people

She phat to death man- other people

If I remember correctly- My brain is a bit fuzzy at times. I must be getting old.

Da Hell ?- when someone tells me something I find hard to believe.

5011- My mom drives me up the wall with this one.
Change- My fellow Obama peeps have worn this down

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm
No. 3 · Josh

In English, I overuse "feel me?" as a way to end statements ("It's just too hot to walk around outside, feel me?").

In Spanish, I overuse "por suerte" ("luckily") to preface things that really aren't that lucky or even that exceptional.

Other people say "out of pocket" too much to mean "out of line." I don't like it because "out of pocket" already means "paying with one's own money," so when it gets this new, different meaning, it's confusing. (My preference: "I shouldn't have to come out of pocket for that because it's a work-related expense, feel me?" What other people say that annoys me: "She was so drunk; the way she was acting, she was just totally out of pocket.")

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 10:19 pm
No. 4 · blackmistressdiva

Josh,
Some people also use "out of pocket" to mean not reachable. As in, "dude, I totally keep trying to reach her, but she's out of pocket, so fuck that."

;-)

Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 10:26 pm
No. 5 · Txgal

Oh my God!
Everyone needs to stop using that expression.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:09 am
No. 6 · Daria at Gorgeous Black Women

"well then"
"goodness"
"lovely"
"perfection," generally prefaced by "pure"
slightly dated words like "prefaced" and "perhaps"
french terms and expressions i.e. "nouveau riche," "carte blanche," "a propos"

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 4:13 am
No. 7 · Tinkerbella

"What-eva" (said with a flippant tone)
"It is what it is" (said when I don't want to be bothered"
"fu**in bastard" (often said in my head)
"You stupid" (sometimes I actually mean it)
"Pardon" (folks laugh when I say it) (is it really that damned funny)
"You must be out of your fuc*in mind!" (with a quizical look)
"That's your cousin" (refering to folks I would never claim as kin folk)
"Ignorant ass!" (usually aimed at the FOX network and/or pres. bush)

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 9:34 am
No. 8 · cosmicsistren

I hate when rappers or celebrities say " This is your girl/boy"
"Holla at ya boy/girl"
When whites use the word "bling"
"Nah mean"

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 10:30 am
No. 9 · TiP

I have a bad cursing habit and I'm trying to get in check. I love the curse word Mother F**ker so I try to say Mother Sucker instead. Also the word nigga, yes with an a. I know many people won't to band the word, but I have always used as a term or endearment(or anger) towards my brothers and sisters(other raises too).

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 10:36 am
No. 10 · JackJohnson

I've had a couple of yt people use the phrase "you the bomb" to me, which had me looking like "what the fuq?", one of my favorite phrases. Also overuse "it is what it is," and "ooh child!" right now.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 12:02 pm
No. 11 · MeikMeik

Some of mine are:

Girl BYE! - When someone says something crazy, or unbelievable.
Dude! - My sister and I use this and people look at us like we're crazy (we live in an urban area with majority of people being black and philipino).
Awesome with 2 thumbs up.
Huh - only when someone asks something I don't want to amswer or do.

Thats about it since most people say my facial expressions say it all.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:28 pm
No. 12 · Nicole

I don't mind when other people say it, but if I hear Tyra Banks saying "Ffffiiiiieeeerrrrrcccceeeeeee!" while wagging her finger, it just gets under my skin.

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:36 pm
No. 13 · Loudmouth Protestant

True to life-me

Not so much-me

How do you really feel-me

True-other people

Holla-other people, I prefer to say "Challah!"

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 4:45 pm
No. 14 · blackmistressdiva

LOL@y'all censoring your curse words. Just let it out!!! I always get a kick outta people who type something like "f*ck"! Does the "u" make it too REAL??? Ha.

Potty mouth in the house!!!

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 5:22 pm
No. 15 · Afroamerica Writer

The word I overuse? Seriously! Like, seriously, what was that all about? Grey's Anatomy has made it even worse with the word stuck to my head - SERIOUSLY!

Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 5:33 pm
No. 16 · DivergentDana

I have to keep my number of "likes" in perpetual check. I also curse like a sailor… now that I'm home with my parents again, I have to ease up on it. As for others, it's not as much a word as it is a category of words — celebrity name portmanteaus. I don't know who thought that was cute, but I owe them a complimentary horse head.

Posted: Jul 19, 2008 at 5:13 am
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