Incredibly

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I hate seeing this used unless it really is

Well that's incredibly boring.

The worst offender is the King, whenever he writes , whatever it is he is writing about, there will be an incredible in there somewhere.

I think people don't take it as literally as I do

No worse than "unbelievable", "awesome", "marvellous", "wonderful", "unforgettable", "exceptional", and many other similar words. They have all lost their power through overuse.

And yes I do overuse them too!

I dislike hyperbole: the one use that annoys me more than any of the above is rating an effort with a percentage above 100% - "the lad gave 110% tonight".

Yep, everything is incredible and amazing these days. It's very tedious.

And every agrees 100% rather than absolutely or completely. Or sometimes 1000%, just to make it really hyperbolic.

I don't mind ie wonderful. But incredible to me literally means something is not credible. It should be sparsely used. Annoys me so much

And unbelievably…

Radio 4's sometime programme 'Dead Ringers' has a nice time taking the mickey out of the "110%, Gary" stuff.

Don’t you mean ‘e.g. wonderful ? 😉