To be losing my rag with the word 'super'?

[Manumission]

Even MN is infested; 'super cute', 'super excited', 'super fun'.

I can only hear it in a dreadful voice and it's grating.

How have so many otherwise intelligent adults so thoroughly adopted this in so short a space of time?

[Manumission]

Just me then

Maybe I should move to California and immerse.

[GeillisTheWitch]

YANBU. It's super annoying.

[MuseumOfCurry]

I agree, it's terrible.

[SeasonalVag]

that would be super fun!

[MuseumOfCurry]

YANBU. It's super annoying

Bwah. It had to happen.

[JennyOnAPlate]

No yanbu. It's an American thing I think, isn't it? We seem to be adopting more and more Americanisms.

[Manumission]

[Manumission]

We've only just got over the Australian rising inflection thing, though (?)

[SaucyJack]

Is Super Hans OK?

Don't give a fuck if he isn't, TBH.

[JustGettingStarted]

Super? Not bothered.

But remember a few weeks ago when someone was talking about "sups?" That was horrendous.

[Tiptoethr0ughthetulips]

YANBU it's an awful Americanism. What's wrong with very?

[Manumission]

I dunno. Do you say it in a breathy voice?

[MuseumOfCurry]

Super Hans has got to be OK. It just has to.

[dannydyerismydad]

Awwww. Hun. But you're such a Supermum.

[Manumission]

What's wrong with very?

Search me. It worked for centuries

[Manumission]

Super Hans has got to be OK. It just has to.



Hans is a proper noun, so fine by me.

[JustGettingStarted]

Fuck those Americanisms. I don't let my little ones play with the yanks on the street because I don't want them to pick up any narsty habits. shudders

[hoddtastic]

super selective is the one that fucks me off on here

[MuseumOfCurry]

super selective is the one that fucks me off on here

That's probably the one reasonable use of it that I can think of.

[JustGettingStarted]

Nobody cares about Veryman.

[Soubriquet]

Oh but it's super fun to say everything is super good

I mean you are super unreasonable to suggest otherwise

Had to happen

[BarbaraofSeville]

I came on here to say super selective. I have no idea what it means and seems to be a bit of a MN 'thing'.

I'm guessing it's some way of saying that your DC are more intelligent than anyone elses and/or you have more money than everyone else because you can afford to live near the best schools.

[Manumission]

I came on here to say super selective. I have no idea what it means and seems to be a bit of a MN 'thing'.

I actually thought that 'super selective' was a real but niche term, completely overused on MN. Similar to the much vaunted 'RG' Unis.

[DoItTooJulia]

having just been through secondary school admisssions I know what superselective means! It means a selective school with no catchment.

Now that I've read this thread, I can't say/read super without it looking all funny and weird.

[Manumission]

Super irritating either way