'When people say "nice" to acknowledge something you said': 25+ Words and phrases people would delete from the English language forever

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Oct 25, 2023 3:00 PM EDT

Low key, there are literally so many words that technically we don't need to use. Like, you could say to your bae, who is genius but acting very toxic lately, that you and your bro are going to this amazing new gym where the vibes are so premium. "Ok, work," your very epic bae says to you. "Like, you got this." 

We asked our Facebook audience what words they'd delete from the English language, and I put many of them in the deeply cringe paragraph above! Seems like people dislike modern slang, of course, as well as some phrases that are very overused (including one person who doesn't want to hear the word "very" anymore). There are just some words that grind your gears every time you hear them. 

One person detailed how they always hear young people use the word "like" so frequently in conversations that they don't think they could be friends with them. Perhaps after a while, you just, like, stop hearing it. Or like, you join in with them, because like, sometimes it is fun to play around with the English language. It's free and fun! Let the "like" people have their favorite word. 

Check out the answers below to see if you agree with our Facebook audience's excellent answers. Then, these people exposed their worst coworkers, like the dude who "left his tooth on the desk again." 

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    Font - What is one overused word you'd like to have deleted from the English vocabulary?
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    Mammal - Cheffy Ja Awesome - if everything is awesome then awesome is a mean state and literally not awe-filled as much as it is "nominally average".
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    Rectangle - Joe B Bro 6
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    Rectangle - Cyn H Epic Ф b3
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    Font - Adrionna P LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE I was standing behind girls my age and... and like, every other like, word was like, like, and I just like, I couldn't. Like it was just like, so annoying. The whole time they were like, talking, like, I just wanted to like, turn around and say like, "OH MY GOD GUYS, LIKE, CAN YALL LIKE, STOP TALKING LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IM LOOSING LIKE, BRAIN CELLS LIKE, JUST LIKE, BEING LIKE, AROUND YOU LIKE, OMG LIKE, PLEASE STOP LIKE, TALKING, LIKE-" Then I thought to my se
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    Rectangle - Kyle Br Work ib
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    Rectangle - Marquesha G Low key 2
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    Font - Ashley Ki bussin
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    Font - Harley H Narcissist. Can we just go back to calling people @ssholes?
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    Font - Mike R Amazing. Everything that doesn't s ck is "amazing."
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    Font - Lisa V Bae.....
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    Rectangle - Stewie Wi "Last but not least"
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    Rectangle - Morgan L historic
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    Rectangle - Joe Ga Toxic
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    Rectangle - Daniela Da "Like"
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    Human body - Edward H Technically
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    Rectangle - Chris D Premium or gourmet.
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    Rectangle - Steve A "You got this" 2
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    Font - Sarah Ol Genius 4
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    Rectangle - Ollie P Very 16
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    Font - Gabriel J Epic
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    Rectangle - Bruce N Literally 71
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    Font - Mujtaba A Selfie
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    Smile - Tamara T Mother - all the people who use it to refer to celebrities have ruined it for me
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    Rectangle - Lynne N Slang words like Yup
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    Font - Lina R When people say "nice" to acknowledge something you said, but this disinterested reply lacks any substance. To me it signals someone just indicating - "I heard what you said" and nothing more.
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