why are so many things 'super' i.e super excited ? it's irritating !

[littlepaddypaws]

'super close to dd' 'super thrilled we're going on holiday' wtf ? it's up there with 'blessed' and 'making memories' shit allmake me feel murderous.

'DD attends a super selective grammar school and is super skinny'

'DD attends a fucking selective grammar school and is fucking skinny'

Strangely I would trust the person making the second statement much more than the first.
(I think this may say more about me.)

In our house it isn't not an Americanism, it is a cycling-ism. If you listen to an interview with a pro cyclist of any nationality or type of cycling, every other word is super. As a result, my son's every other word is super. I largely grin and bear it.
I couldn't stand it last night though as he was face timing one of his mountain biker friends to plan their weekend ride. He said " Yeah dude, I am so ready to shred them super knarly trails" and I shouted from the kitchen " No dude, you are so ready to shred THOSE super knarly trails". Apparently he was super annoyed because I am a super embarrassing parent. So that's a super win for me then.

Isn't not...oh dear. I seem to have caught something from my son. Send for the grammar police.

Frostylawns you weren't using it in the same way the OP's complaining about if you said "gosh that's super" though... You weren't using it as an intensifier, just as a bland adjective, like "nice". If you'd been using it as the OP means you'd have said "gosh that's super nice" or gosh that's super super"...

I quite like it 😬

I think I use the word 'fucking' in the same way which is probably worse

Same here
Hate the phrase. It's super fucking annoying

MAFIL

I don't care whether it's American or not American - it isn't the occasional use of super as an intensifier or adjective that's irritating, it's the fact it's replaced a wide range of other words and stripped the richness and subtle variation of meaning out of a lot of people's speech.

I know two people who say everything is super-this and super-that. Both around 40, both entitled to call themselves “doctor”.

Yes, drives me mad.
And people who now seem to start every bloody sentence with with....’So...
Argh 😖

loads of Youtubers seem to use it.

And loads of MNers use it. It’s so fucking pretentious.

And while I’m at it, what is this ‘anyways’ I keep seeing on here? Have we had a sudden influx of the Ewings of Dallas?

It’s a foreign import. My French and Spanish colleagues say it a lot.

Eurgh , cannot abide it .
It's up there with "Guys" (my pet hate)

Another international sport import is "for sure" from F1.
I hate "super this" and "super that", especially when "fucking" will do nicely.

I am quite super myself so I think yabu.

Bit like literally

'I literally swept the floor with him'

No you didn't!

I think it is (or was) common in French too: 'Elle est super jolie'. It used to be a bit posh sounding.

I cannot stand it.

What is wrong with saying really or very. I'm sure that is what people used to say.

Super is such an Americanism. The first time I heard it was for the name of the film Superbad and it just didn't make sense to me.

The other phrase is somewhen. DH says it sometimes - he's picked it up from work. It makes me want to punch him. It's not a fucking word. Don't say it.

And people who now seem to start every bloody sentence with with....’So...

Yes! I find this jarring too.

Everything seems to be 'amazing' these days, also. Amazing this, amazing that. Are you really amazed? It seems like the word has lost it's meaning.

What superlative thread.

It annoys me too

So, it's literally all super duper then 😂

It's a super interesting thread, yes.

@littlepaddypaws scrolled down a bit in the list of threads and one said 'super paranoid'

This reminds me of my mum, she hates 'super' and 'absolutely'. Says she she wants to smack them round the back of the head