Grim

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Anyone else sick of seeing this word. So embarrassingly overused by posters thinking they are edgy.

Only really see it on MN

Some things really are very grim though.

I think it's a perfectly normal word.

I don't think people are trying to be edgy, just describing quite a grim situation.
I wouldn't let a word bother me that much tbh.

Grim...

Ilove it it's a great word.

I don't think of it as edgy or embarrassing , it's a fitting word for many a thing!

Vile annoys me a bit though

I used it a lot at university in the late 90s.

Not so much now.

Vile is the one that's inappropriately used. People will use it to describe some pretty mild behaviour which is no where near being vile.

I only see overly judgemental people using it. ‘You use your towels more than once, grim’.

How is it edgy? It’s just a word

The over use of the word 'horrified' annoys me. It's usually used to describe something unpleasant or nasty but not horrifying. I often think how would people describe something truly horrific happened.

Normal word. Not remotely edgy

It’s a word I use frequently. I’m 63. Nothing remotely edgy about me. It’s just a word.

I didn't say the word was edgy. I said the people using it think they are being edgy.

People don't say it very often anywhere other than MN. It's proper MN "lingo".

Edgy? 😂

Has someone offended you by saying something you do is grim OP?

Ive seen people quote other posters and just write grim under it. So rude and makes me think they are describing themselves!

Grim is ok but I dislike the word Crass.

Yea I think it’s when someone uses the word to describe a posters actions I think it comes across as really judgemental and snobbish.

It’s used fairly commonly where I live.

There was a very frail, elderly woman in the village shop who called the weather grim recently. She was just wet and cold though, she didn’t appear like she thought she was edgy. 😅

I hate when people say shitshow, very annoying. I think grim is a fairly standard word.

I agree. I use it mostly when talking about the weather but only this weekend I used it to describe the state of my local A&E ( think it progressed to dire).
I'm a middle aged granny and lm far from edgy

I've said grim for years! There's nothing edgy about it it's donkeys years old

Never use or hear it in normal conversation. It's become tedious on here in my opinion and is used for so many things it looks lazy.

I say the weather is grim most days... always have?

Maybe it’s a Northern thing.

It’s also the nickname of someone very close to me so I use it often.