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by Amorphous Blob on April 13th, 2009

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What stupid words have come into wide use in the last 10 or so years? Eg, "random", "extreme", "dude", "edgy". And why did "groovy" have such a brief comeback!?

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  • by CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian on April 13th, 2009

    CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian

    Absolutely and awesome are the first 2 that come to my mind. So overused.

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  • by MRSHINYSHOES on April 13th, 2009

    MRSHINYSHOES

    "Gross"

    "Wicked"

    "Not"

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  • by anddeb on April 13th, 2009

    anddeb

    zip, clump, spook

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  • by anonymous on April 13th, 2009

    anonymous

    Whatever!

    Here in Hawaii, the pidgin term "ainokea" is overused.

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  • by Danilito on April 13th, 2009

    Danilito

    Awesome. It is soooo overused and soooo MISUSED. I didn't know dude was trendy. Here in L.A. we have used it forever. Kinda like Howdy in the south.

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  • by bloodlylilcorpse is back on April 13th, 2009

    bloodlylilcorpse is back

    Krunk! Crack-ah-lackin'!

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