[Bootpathguy]

Like fingernails on a chalkboard I struggle to even spell it out If everything is ____ then nothing is ____ I cringe every time I see it in a trip report. And I see it all the time! There are 2 things my daughters warn their friends about when they come to our house. If you are a guy, shake my Dad's hand like a Man! Guy or Gal, please don't say the word ____ in our house. If my Dad hears it, he'll go insane Can't we just bring back the phrase "groovy" ?

[Backpacker Joe]

[MyFootHurts]

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[I'm Pysht]

[Foist]

I'm totally with you, but I've realized that part of getting into my 30s is getting annoyed at all new slang. "Awesome" never bothered me, but it's basically the same thing. Slang abuses language, but there will always be slang. But yeah, that doesn't stop it from ticking me off. Some other ones, in escalating order of irritation: "Really??" "Wait for it..." "is [not] a thing." Man I HATE that one. But there is also a new kind of slang -- internet slang, which people only type on the internet and social media and would never actually utter in conversation, which adds an additional layer of inanity. Like: "That moment when X happens." WHAT ABOUT IT?? That is not a full sentence! You would never actually say this! "This." (and all varieties -- "A thousand times this." "This times a million." I get you mean you agree, so just say that. It's not cute anymore.) There are others I'm just not thinking of right now.

[RichP]

Here's an old epic thread on the subject and "epic" wins the poll. https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7988711&highlight=phrases

[Kim Brown]

The way the word "amazing" is used for every f### thing - from the view from Mt Si (not actually amazing) to a bit of boiled cod on a plate depicted on your Facebook page - is outrageous. It's as if they have never actually experienced or have never actually seen anything truly amazing in their lives. This is why I'm back in the public accounting industry and not working for the not for profit world, where overuse of the word "amazing" is a requirement. No offense to not for profits; ya gotta go with the public's flow and expectations. I just can't do it, and don't fit in.

[Bootpathguy]

[PorcupinePhobia]

So... I'm assuming you guys are old.

[Foist]

"I know, right?" is an old one, I think it started when I was in college, so around 15 years ago. My sense is that it's already out or on it's way out. I still hear it sometimes but not that much.

[coldrain108]

[NacMacFeegle]

I don't mind admitting that I use "epic" when I write online occasionally, and I don't see anything really wrong with using it aside from the fact that it's a bit trite these days. "Particularly impressive or remarkable" is the definition of epic that is typically used today, and what is impressive and remarkable to one person may not be to another. To someone who has never gone hiking before perhaps hiking Mailbox peak might seem epic, while to more experienced adventurers it seems terribly mundane. Of course, if you use it to describe everything then it does lose its meaning, but if used sparingly to describe experiences that are particularly impressive or remarkable to you it is just fine.

[InFlight]

Epic would be seeing one of those Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, or Porsche "SUVs" off a paved road at a Trail Head.

[I'm Pysht]

It is what it is.

[Quark]