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Avalux

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7. People who do that either lack imagination, have a small vocabulary, or are just lazy.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 05:23 PM

May 2015

Much better to say:

He was an outrageously hard teacher.

He was an unreasonably hard teacher.

He was an absurdly hard teacher.

Or maybe....

He wins first prize in the hard teacher contest.

You get the idea....

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A disturbing trend I have noticed, people using the same word repeatedly as an intensifier. [View all] raccoon May 2015 OP

To me, that is not disturbing disturbing. Sanity Claws May 2015 #1

Woody Allen addressed this disturbing phenomenon sometime way back. As only Woody could. Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #2

I really, really, really agree with this! pinboy3niner May 2015 #3

I very, very, very much Sherman A1 May 2015 #31

I really really agree olddots May 2015 #4

And that's *TWO* "reallys" !!!! Smarmie Doofus May 2015 #5

Really Really Really!!! elleng May 2015 #6

People who do that either lack imagination, have a small vocabulary, or are just lazy. Avalux May 2015 #7

as usual NJCher May 2015 #8

Well aren't you, like, a Debbie Downer, like? pinboy3niner May 2015 #12

Or maybe they just feel like saying what they are saying the way they want to say it. Capisce? WinkyDink May 2015 #24

Or maybe they just have a different style from you. n/t Unvanguard May 2015 #30

Or one could just be other wise seveneyes May 2015 #9

No No No No No! Katashi_itto May 2015 #10

oh no NoNononono Katashi_itto May 2015 #11

That's just cray cray. eom Little_Wing May 2015 #13

Totally. trof May 2015 #14

I think I get it: "It was a pentagoned fucking war" pinboy3niner May 2015 #15

Aren't they all. n/t malthaussen May 2015 #28

A very, very unique observation. cloudbase May 2015 #16

George Orwell - 1984 - Newspeak IcyPeas May 2015 #17

Generalissimo Giuliani (former NYC mayor) LiberalElite May 2015 #18

Bah. Gidney N Cloyd May 2015 #19

One should never do that. Orsino May 2015 #20

Wolf Wolf Blitzer Blitzer grasswire May 2015 #21

Haha, "disturbing" is quite the intensifier itself!1 n/t UTUSN May 2015 #22

The so-called "trend" is not "disturbing"; YOU are "disturbed" by reading this locution. WinkyDink May 2015 #23

I tend to use adverbs. kentauros May 2015 #25

Showing some Hebrew influence. malthaussen May 2015 #26

My favorite is praising with great praise. Iggo May 2015 #33

Well, it is possible to praise with faint praise. malthaussen May 2015 #34

Ah, of course. Iggo May 2015 #35

You mean like "Merde de la presence troisieme?" malthaussen May 2015 #27

I blame this on Captain Kangaroo Doc_Technical May 2015 #29

I think that teacher needs to go "take care of business"... Iggo May 2015 #32

Don't order Mahi-mahi Lionel Mandrake May 2015 #36

I plead guilty, GUILTY!!! Coventina May 2015 #37

I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers. BB_Smoke May 2015 #38

A nervous radio guy named Hannity does that a lot. Special Prosciuto May 2015 #39