Who hates the word 'amazing?'

So who does?

 

I hate it but I use it sometimes, which sucks, I hate the word awesome even more though.

 

Yea same here, awesome is worse though haha.

 

I also hate the words Also, and Though. lol I hate every word.

 

I know what you mean, ugh I fucking hate it, everyone says it, everyone also says ridiculous wayyyyy too much

 

I have a professor who I'm sure you'll all love...

Whenever she critques work, she'll say "Wow, that's just amazing... (pause)...where did you come with such an awesome idea?"

Every critique this year, I swear.

The only thing that is worse than "awesome," is some of the phrases its used in.
My roommate for example always says "Cool, Cool, that's totally awesome, ciao dude."

 

I hate the word hate. And also the word 'word'.

 

I like amazing. I like saying it and writing it out. It's a good word if you don't over use it. Same with awesome.

 

That's the trouble with descriptive terms ... often they become so over-used that they lose their meaning. "Amazing" and "Awesome" have lost a lot of their power and impact because they have become such everyday terms for describing a thing or an experience that we enjoy.

I've experimented with other terms, but just end up getting odd looks. For example, at one time I got into the habit of saying "Expert" for praising something and "Excrement" for dissing something. But the whole "Excellent" and "Excrement" phase from Wayne's World movies became over-used and so I returned reluctantly to being amazed.

"Stunning" is quite a good word but a little too reminiscent of glamour models and "Thrilling" doesn't always fit the bill either.

 

amazing is one of those words I use like a total asshole.I think the word is fascetious.If a girl shows me her newly painted nails - because i am evil I might say 'they look absolutely amazing' - then I get slapped.

essential is a good word

 

^^That shit-eating grin makes me laugh every time I see it. That is excellent.

 

Sesquipedalian is rather a nice word, too. As is recherché and philodox.

 

I use it, but if I were trying to be really descriptive I'd find another word.

 

You should have left the horseman picture up, you rascal. You're going to steal all the crumpet from us now.

 

I ove that word.

 

I voted #2. But it does have its uses.

 

i think the word is amazing.

 

I keep a long list of words that are best avoided- not because they're inately "bad" but just because they're... well... "too useful." And thus often over-used or used as an easy out. Like "interesting," for instance.

That word was NOT on my list, but I've added it, and I thank you! It should have been on the list!

amazing – Too useful a word, and too easy to use. Instead, tell more about the subject at hand, enough that it becomes “amazing” without the reader having to be told explicitly that it's amazing.

I'm not a writer, just an editor.

 

why you guys all hatin' on words, man?

 

why you guys all hatin' on words, man?

I think you're joking here, but just in case... here's now I see it. Writing is all about word choice. It's not about hating certain words, but knowing which words have little or no descriptive meaning, or which are often used incorrectly due to confusion with similar words, or which are over-used to the point that the usage annoys readers.

Some of the best examples are heard in the scripting for local newscasts, like "a traffic backup due to an earlier accident" (as if there could be a backup due to an accident that's not yet happened). Carlin has identified many such words and worked them into a great routine.

The classic example is "ironically," which is generally regarded as the most misused word in the English language- and since it's misused far more often than used correctly, it has no correct meaning to most people anymore and is thus almost useless as a word.

Another that peeves editors is the word "quaint" when describing a small town or windmill or whatever- some writers will just call it "quaint" rather than actually providing a description that makes the reader feel like they're there.

If you reviewed a live performance by a band, and described them as "hard rocking" and "interesting" and "energetic" and "kewl" and "amazing" and "awesome" and "stunning" etc., it tells us nothing about the music, and dilutes any useful description you actually did provide. They're not bad words, they're just generally bad for use if you want to be published, and have your ideas exposed to a large and established audience.