Why is the word Super so super super popular?

[Gandahar]

Not as a person to complain about modern day trends but is the current ubiquitous use of the word super in friont of any adjective, and getting to be used in front of verbs, just dumbing down the English language brought on from our american friends?

OK, I am actually super irate about this!

In the old days if you had to describe something slightly better than normal you would use

very
really
pretty

Now all replaced with super xxxxx.

If something was even better than better than normal you would say

extremely
amazingly
incredibly

Now all replaced with super super xxxx.

As well as replacing those words before adjectives, such as super sweet, super annoying etc etc they are also getting to be used with verbs, such as I super want that to happen, or I super hate that.

Even the innocent noun is subject to this onslaught.



Super congrats? I raise that with a really super very super Congrats.

Ok, I am a grumpy old middle aged git, but even car reviewers have started doing it in the UK ... NOOOOOOOOOO

It even seems I am late to the party, from 3 years back

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/dictionary/its...

I just hope Dr Who can go back in time and get his sonic screwdriver out and fix things.

You may now either ignore me or fling your arrows in my direction, I was just posting so that people might take note and perhaps spank their children in Scotland for using it wrongly.

Have a super weekend.

[MDMA .]

[Jasandjules]

Can't say I have really noticed it.

However, starting every fecking sentence with the word So, that annoys the life out of me.

[Last Visit]

I've noticed the super craze. And it's annoying.

[Drew106]

Some find it super annoying.

I could care less

[Harry H]

"my bad" seems to have gone quiet though which is a massive relief as that really pissed me off.

[Spare tyre]

I was super excited to read this Fred


Which reminds me, I’m off out in my souped up car in a bit

No idea If that’s the correct smelling

[227bhp]

Nice is far worse and overused IMO.

[Baby Shark doo doo doo doo]

[clockworks]

Jasandjules said:

Can't say I have really noticed it.

However, starting every fecking sentence with the word So, that annoys the life out of me.

This is the single most annoying thing on the TV news. Pretty much every "expert" interviewee under the age of 40 seems to do it when answering a question.

[SCEtoAUX]

No idea, but it's fking annoying. Seems to have replaced the word "very".

[Humble Pi]

I think it started on Made in Chelsea a few seasons ago

[Wacky Racer]

MDMA . said:

"Super, smashing, great"

"Keep out of the black, and into the red, you get nothing in this game for two in a bed"

"You've won the speedboat"

[fiju]

Super stupid Americans basically.

[Uggers]

Have you been listening to Radio 2 in the morning by any chance OP?

[anonymous-user]

Jasandjules said:

Can't say I have really noticed it.

However, starting every fecking sentence with the word So, that annoys the life out of me.

So, I was going to say the same thing.

So, I'm listening on the radio, or on the TV at a seemingly intelligent person speaking. So, they start every sentence with 'so', you start to drift away from what they are actually saying and wait for the 'so.

So annoying. It's PR speak and it has infected everyone.