What is the most over-used word...

Irregardless is one that irritates me, too. I'm also tired of the Brangelina, TomKat and other combinations. I also am tired of BFF and the like.

I totally agree about BFF and what is really annoying is how these words and abbreviations make their way into professional publications and news sites. They should have better editors.

Those are horrid combinations are being called...please don't hurl, just yet- "Franken- Words" ! I'm completely stultified and aghast that a whole culture has become so blazingly lazy, that even people's given names are being adulterated and deformed in this way... What's to become of the Speakers, and Spellers of the future? Have you noticed "that look" when you speak to someone who might be in their teen years or early twenties? That "Look" says it all... They have been taught to disdain or laugh at people who bother to speak English, and even moreso- to ignore you, especially when it's a service scene. I can't tell you how many times that I have said " Thank You", to a clerk, who wouldn't even acknowlege me with a "Your Welcome" Confusion abounds, and it's a "Field Day"! LOL! :)

That's a good one! That goes right up there with "irregardless." I cringe every time I hear that one. Thanks for posting.

raising my hand and confessing...I use anyways way too often...I never use it in normal speech but for some reason I do it all the time when writing online.

I'm rapping your knuckles with a ruler. Anyways...

Do people use malakas the way some African Americans use the n-word for each other, or is in a different context? Is it meant to be insulting?

Yo pola! Sorry, I couldn't resist. I can't stand that, too. LOL! I also can't stand how people say, "Hey" instead of "Hello."

What an interesting observation! I can see how "I'm sorry" is overused, but I'm inclined to think (just from personal experience) that "Thanks" is not used enough. Maybe it's a regional thing?

But do you think they're overused?