We do the same thing with computer-related things. It's not much different from what it was like 200 years ago. We got all our words from French back then cos that was the fashionable language.
If you're very street, you say 'f*ck' and 'nice' all the time.
Yup: F*ck, sweet, What the h*** or f***, ad infinitum. I guess i am a little oldfashioned that way, i like Dutch Dutch.
Random. This word is so etched into the vocabulary of people these days that everything is 'random'. I find it hard to believe that everyone who says everything is 'random' truly believes that it is actually 'random', and not governed by fate. So stop saying it. Especially students, you're the worst for it.
Legend. No offence to paul_c, as it's not his own fault that this word is misused so often, but this word is used so loosely now. In my day, a legend was someone like Jesse Owens or Muhammed Ali, now it's one of your mates on a night out who can throw his kebab leftovers from one side of the river to the other. Ridiculous.
Another random (just to give a concrete example of a stupid use of the word) thing that gets right up my nose is the expression: "at the end of the day". It pisses me off for a very simple reason: it's always used to justify selfishness. I'm sure you know what I mean.
"Yes, I stabbed him in the back...but, at the end of the day, it's a dog-eat-dog world".
We every feckin footballer, manager etc. is guilty there..
"its a game of two halves" and "OBVIOUSLY".. I MEAN COMON!!!
Random. This word is so etched into the vocabulary of people these days that everything is 'random'. I find it hard to believe that everyone who says everything is 'random' truly believes that it is actually 'random', and not governed by fate. So stop saying it. Especially students, you're the worst for it.
Legend. No offence to paul_c, as it's not his own fault that this word is misused so often, but this word is used so loosely now. In my day, a legend was someone like Jesse Owens or Muhammed Ali, now it's one of your mates on a night out who can throw his kebab leftovers from one side of the river to the other. Ridiculous.
