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

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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?

Just me then

Maybe I should move to California and immerse.

YANBU. It's super annoying.

I agree, it's terrible.

that would be super fun!

YANBU. It's super annoying

Bwah. It had to happen.

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

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

Is Super Hans OK?

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

Super? Not bothered.

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

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

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

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

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

What's wrong with very?

Search me. It worked for centuries

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

Hans is a proper noun, so fine by me.

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

super selective is the one that fucks me off on here

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.

Nobody cares about Veryman.

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

I mean you are super unreasonable to suggest otherwise

Had to happen

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.

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.

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.

Super irritating either way