Super

[sunshinesupermum]

Since when did 'super' become the word to use instead of 'very'? It feels odd to me!

A super long time ago.

Lol.

It does have multiple meanings, so can mean 'very' or 'the best'

What pisses me off is when it's added to a negative adjective like "she was super grumpy" or "they are super annoying"

I agree, it was never a thing as far as I can remember. I'm trying to remember if it's used in other languages and has migrated to English! A bit like when people put "no?" instead of "isn't it?" or ""don't you think?"... from Spanish I think.

Do you remember Uber?

Putting "no?" at the end of a sentence instead of "isn't it?" is super passive aggressive, no? 😆

Urgh. Even just typing that makes me feel like a twat.

I remember years ago, I mispronounced the word Topiary. It was at the first meeting with my boyfriends family. His sister looked at me and said "surely it's pronounced topiary, no?" which made me realise on the spot that she was a dick. Turned out his whole family were sanctimonious, self satisfied knobbers and nobody likes them.

I see your uber and I raise you with Mammoth!

I was travelling around Australia, where its common to hear Awesome and Bonza! There was a guy I met who felt the need to describe things as Mammoth. It was like a competition where everything was bigger, better and cooler than anything else anyone was talking about, so even his fucking sandwich was Mammoth. I remember snapping at him in a very English way and shouting "Jesus, Mike! Can't something just be 'nice' with you?"

I must have missed 'Uber' lol