Should People Stop Saying “Absolutely” So Much? Absolutely! – A Short Rant...

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 01-12-15 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[defconw]

I absolutely agree with him! :) That word is getting annoying, especially when it's some little bubble headed newsette, who has really no clue what she's talking about.

[FlJoePa]

[al_c]

Absotively posolutely!

[cuban leaf]

Good idea!

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No, its a STUPENDOUS idea!

http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/good

[G Larry]

It’s AWESOME that somebody is finally speaking up about adjective overuse.

[Codeflier]

Too much analysis.

It is just a way of saying an affirmative response.

Also, think about when people ask you “what is going on?” and you say “not much”, even when you are extremely busy. Also when someone says “how are you?” and you say fine, no matter how bad your day is.

[Billthedrill]

The world literally comes to an end when people misuse words like this. It is simply inconceivable that it could continue.

[Mercat]

“no problem”

[ravenwolf]

I agree, saying it is absolute does not mean that it is.

And the other thing I think about in regards to let your yes be yes and your no be no is that when some people get through getting it said you don`t know if they said yes or no.

[Fresh Wind]

Absitively posolutely.

[Smokin' Joe]

Dangit. I thought the Thesaurus went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.

[miele man]

So when Monsignor Pope hears a confession and forgiveness is asked, are not the penitent’s sins forgiven, wiped away, blotted out, removed absolutely when Msgr. Pope pronounces the ABSOLUTION? Absolutely, they are.

[envisio]

Myself.

Especially in memos.

“If you have any questions, see Don or myself”

[Cicero]

Certainly.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Noah Ritter is an awesome little boy. Lots of YouTube vids of him, including the one that started it all (The reporter is enthralled with him.. LOL):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz5TGN7eUcM

SONGIFY version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eevUjhIlfM

[Fresh Wind]

Here’s some things that really bother me...

The word “sick” used to be something bad, now (to some people) it now means the opposite.

Expressing agreement by using the single word “this”, or even worse, “x2”.

The non-word “prolly”.

“My bad”

Starting a sentence with the word “yes” and then immediately following it with the word “no”.

[GreenHornet]

Should People Stop Saying “Absolutely” So Much?

This would eliminate about half of the dialogue in the "Rocky" films.

[Cry if I Wanna]

How about...”Just sayin.” I hear it all the time and it drives me crazy!

[Cry if I Wanna]

Let’s also get rid of, “My bad.”

[NorthMountain]

inconceivable