What one word do you use frequently that you rather you didn't?

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   Docmoposted 12 years ago

   What one word do you use frequently that you rather you didn't?
   
   I realise we all develop verbal 'tics' and tend to use some words which we rather we didn't - not necessarily a swear word but any habitual frequent usage.what is yours?
   
   

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   Merlin Fraserposted 12 years ago

   Not sure I have one but I can list a few that drive me mad when used as every other word.
   
   Like you know, she was like....
   
   Using too many 'Very's' is annoying... especially when someone explains that something is very unique !  Or applying it as 'it was very, very ...'
   
   Awsome, Cosmic, Wicked, Know wot I mean Man ?  Also feature high on the list.

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   sangreposted 12 years ago

   Dude and Cool, I try to stop myself using them but i keep forgetting. ;-)
   
   I know a person, who keeps saying "what was I going to say" and it can come up 5 times in one conversation. It's more annoying when you notice someone else doing it.

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   Miss Paulaposted 12 years ago

   Freak in  I use it a lot  or dam it  I guess i just don't have one.

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   Scozzo_Scottyposted 12 years ago

   MATE!!!!
   
   Thats all i have to offer....

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   shellyakinsposted 12 years ago

   but.  I use it at the end of sentences and people often wait for the rest of the sentence.  There's really nothing else.  For some reason I just tack it on there.

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   MazioCreateposted 12 years ago

   "Hey!"  When teaching in north Queensland twenty odd years ago, I picked up the vernacular of that region, where they end sentences with "Hey".  It is more of a question than an exclamation and I've reduced its usage since, but cannot remove it altogether.

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   Brett.Tesolposted 12 years ago

   OK! It drives me mad, as I keep saying it when I'm teaching ... I've started to catch myself now, but it still slips out sometimes.

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   packfanposted 12 years ago

   I have had a habit of swearing a lot.  I have tried not to but especially when surprised or extremely upset I tend to slip up more.  Other than that I have done pretty well.

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    MichelleA2011posted 12 years ago

    I use the word ridiculous a lot, especially when talking about something I don't agree with.

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    nybride710posted 12 years ago

    That.  I use it too often in my writing, and most of the time it's just an extra word.

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    Kaddamposted 12 years ago

    definitely the f word because I use alotta phrases and words that are connected with it.

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    YadiraEposted 12 years ago

    I use the word definitely ALOT! I hate it. I don't know why I use it too much!

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    glenn wallaceposted 12 years ago

    To my eternal shame, I've been caught on tape using the 'filler phrase' "anywhosits" I think three times in the course of a two-hour college radio show. Needless to say, I wasn't the hard rocking rebel DJ that I imagined myself to be.

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    luvmygirlzposted 12 years ago

    I drive myself crazy when I catch myself saying the word crapola! I guess it's better than say the S word.

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    Exotic_Kittenposted 12 years ago

    The word I say often is the F word even though I Try not to, it just comes out anyways, but I've done better than I have in the past about sayin the word but its just as bad lol

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    AlienWednesdayposted 12 years ago

    I say, twat, but only in my head. But far to much to describe people.

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    Kitty Greyposted 12 years ago

    I'm afflicted with a variety of California slang and West Coast filler talk: "kickin' it", "fool", "dank", "legit", "bomb". It can be quite annoying given that my speech sounds fairly intelligent otherwise!

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    cat on a soapboxposted 12 years ago

    When I am speaking, I tend to use the word "anyway . . ' as a transition.

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    calpol25posted 12 years ago

    I seem to always be using the term Oh My God... It is really annoying after a while...

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    tobey100posted 12 years ago

    The word 'that'.  It's used so many times when it is in fact unnecessary.  For example, in a simple sentence:
    
    I want you to know that I'm sick.   
    
    Why not just...
    
    I want you to know I'm sick.
    
    I have to work on it constantly otherwise I'd have 'thats' all over the place and I wouldn't want that.

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    Daniella Lopezposted 12 years ago

    To my great shame I use the word "like" as if I were a Valley Girl. It drives me insane how much I use it! "This guy, he was like ugly, and like this guy was like hot." It's really rather embarrassing because my grammar is much better than that!

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