Get it off your chest: current most detested / trite phrase or word....

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59. "I'm humbled."

The New York Times Magazine had a good piece on this by By Carina Chocano

Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It Used To

These days, humility is not what it used to be. It may even be the opposite of what it used to be. A few days before Christmas, Donald Trump presented his former campaign managerwith the title “counselor to the president.” In response, Kellyanne Conway declared herself “humbled and honored,” a sentiment she echoed later that day on CNN: “I’m just really pleased and frankly very humbled to take on this role in the West Wing, near the president.” Then she went on Twitter to reassure her boss that power hadn’t changed her, and that she was still the same old true-blue, fawning, deferential Kellyanne: “Grateful & humble, @realDonaldTrump,” she wrote.

We are living in humbling times. People are humbled all over the place. Lately it’s pro forma — possibly even mandatory — for politicians, athletes, celebrities and other public figures to be vocally and vigorously humbled by every honor awarded, prize won, job offered, record broken, pound lost, shout-out received, “like” copped and thumb upped.

Diving at random into the internet and social media finds this new humility everywhere. A soap-opera actress on tour is humbled by the outpouring of love from fans. Comedians are humbled by big laughs, yoga practitioners are humbled by achieving difficult poses, athletes are humbled by good days on the field, Christmas volunteers are humbled by their own generosity and holiday spirit.

There are many downsides to our worship of fame and money, and one is that it makes people confuse sucking up to the rich and famous with spirituality.
And yet none of these people sound very “humbled” at all. On the contrary: They all seem exceedingly proud of themselves, hashtagging their humility to advertise their own status, success, sprightliness, generosity, moral superiority and luck.