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The word that are overused and abused

Written by blueroze from the blog what's in a name on 19 Oct 2009
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Hello mablogars

Now, it really gets to me when someone says
"apparently Chiefs and Sundowns was playing yesterday i think"
Why use apparently?
What does apparent mean?

This word is looooved by teens, adolences and those who thinks using terminology means you can speak the language of the queen.

The other word that is popular in this age group is "like"
"no i was at the mall and like this hot guy comes to me and like whats up?"
" yes but like i am not saying I wont come" (nc nc nc nc)
what the heaven is this?
why do people over use word?

the is this white guy at work who abuses "wa bona"
"lets go out for lunch, wa bona"
bathong!!! bathong!!! bathong!!!

There is another Director I know who likes to use "what's this"
and she sometimes uses it and end up sounding rude.

Do you over use a certain phrase or a word?
What do you tend to say?
Why do you do it?
Do you want to change?

42 Comments

sthini
19 Oct 2009 14:25

Well i tend to use "mara", even when i am talking to my white collegues, instead of "but" . Funny enough is they have never asked what it means....

blueroze
19 Oct 2009 14:31

sthini there is a lady here at wok. she likes doing that, even isseriuos meetings
she uses strata mait english and it is so embarrasing.
I heard that she slept her way t othat position and I am beginning t obelieve it

blueroze
19 Oct 2009 14:39

isseriuos >>>>in seriuos
t othat >>>>to that
t obelieve >>>to believe

Cande
19 Oct 2009 14:40

maar is but in Afrikaans so they know what you saying!

Best-Achiever
19 Oct 2009 14:42

Apparently --- Im neither of thse "teens, adolences and those who thinks using terminology means you can speak the language of the queen."

but apparently i use that word often .... it is just in my mount and apparently i cant help it. ...LOL

lady gaga
19 Oct 2009 14:46

im one of those people who abuses the word like, especially when im talking to my man sharing something that happened or something i saw..................lol Oop my bad!

Ngqesta
19 Oct 2009 14:52

Do you over use a certain phrase or a word?
What do you tend to say?
Why do you do it?
Do you want to change?.....this sounds like one of those Verimak edverts promising you the world if only you pay a certain amount for the 'change' that you want in your life

Best-Achiever
19 Oct 2009 14:52

mount = mouth

Freemale
19 Oct 2009 14:52

I don't get it why people like saying "honestly speaking"

Best-Achiever
19 Oct 2009 14:54

LOL Ngqesta .... @Apparently ---- i use this word mostly whan im narrating a story ... bo ma hear-say ....lol

Sslave
19 Oct 2009 14:56

I think i overuse the word perhaps when speaking the queen's language. Perhaps its because i want to think before i say something and perhaps i just say perhaps to perhaps buy time until i remember the next word. Perhaps i should just stick to my mother toungue which perhaps should be more simple to articulate.

blueroze
19 Oct 2009 14:59

this sounds like one of those Verimak edverts promising you the world if only you pay a certain amount for the 'change' that you want in your life

kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa

blueroze
19 Oct 2009 15:02

Perhaps i should just stick to my mother toungue which perhaps should be more simple to articulate

because we think in our own languages

the other words which are hear are
because why?

i dont understand what the person wants here

J-Girl
19 Oct 2009 15:04

Watever is a word I use so often it irritates me...
Ayicace (meaning its so obvious)

Tholi
19 Oct 2009 15:05

I am so used to "Actually"
i try by all means to avoid it but Actually its on the tip on my toung!! lol

Sana Lwam
19 Oct 2009 15:07

I love using the words "I mean"....especially when arguing or stressing a point.

Sana Lwam
19 Oct 2009 15:10

.....the was this man that used to stay next door to us when we were growing up his name bhut' Mandla and he liked to say "the bottom line..." in all his conversations. We ended up calling him uThe Bottom Line....LOL

dali
19 Oct 2009 15:17

i luv using nxa! en ppl who r used to me knw by nw dat my nxa is nt a bad nxa cause i can say

i luv u nxa!
i miss u nxa!

lol lol lol lol

lady gaga
19 Oct 2009 15:19

i just remembered my old friends father who liked to say "the cost of problem" everytime he opened his mouth, even when he was not solving any problems....nc nc nc .............lol

Pooky
19 Oct 2009 15:27

-u know what i mean
-are u serious
-u get me.
...........yeah those are mine

GML
19 Oct 2009 15:30

I overuse the words

ukile wabona. and watseba keng.

Example. O kile wabona mara, hore batho bao ba bora yang?

someone tells me that someone was wearing too much make up then I would say adn they looked horrible. then I would say watseba keng, oreng na? a lemobe? tjooooo, watseba keng....

this is the best way to explain it.

blueroze
19 Oct 2009 15:31

i over use "Haai no!"

my boss over use "what is what"
he would say soemthing like
"i dont know hore what is what here"

and then there is this other lady, everytime she wants to say juice she would say
'juice guava" mara sounding something like "juise kwaba"

my first year friend (she still is) used to call any fizzy drink coke even fanta was coke

Best-Achiever
19 Oct 2009 15:35

i also use 'Oh Yini' a lot

Cody
19 Oct 2009 15:40

i like to use the word "oh really", especially when im acting like im interested when my bosss is going on and on about her kids,dogs, her husband....

lady gaga
19 Oct 2009 15:42

my first year friend (she still is) used to call any fizzy drink coke even fanta was coke .................lmaol!!!

Pooky
19 Oct 2009 15:45

juice guava lmao

makgotso
19 Oct 2009 15:52

Mina just love popping ''a kere'' now and then don't know why but hey I love it

mathata
19 Oct 2009 15:52

ok, ok,ok

even my babygirl she now like to say ok ,ok,

felfel
19 Oct 2009 15:54

i overuse the word 'wow' sometimes just to be sarcastic when theres really nothing WOW about anything, but i dont abuse a word for too long, i always find another.

Usual Suspect
19 Oct 2009 16:10

juice guava lmao

My uncle likes using "hence"....

My ex galfriend liked to use "for real?!" a lot.....

I like using "and then" a lot....and I got it from my nephew....but now he likes saying "I mean" he's gonna turn 3 in December...:)

Sslave
19 Oct 2009 16:11

another one that i abuse is hey. i don't know but hey i just find my self finishing or starting a sentence and gooing the middle with with hey, hey.

lady gaga
19 Oct 2009 16:12

Usual Suspect
19 Oct 2009 16:13

LMAO and I might be wrong but I heard that uBaba uMsholozi....yeah our very own Mshini likes using the word "particularly" lol

listen next time he speaks, he might use it more often than not.....lmao

Tholi
19 Oct 2009 16:26

hahaha!! @ US, even Juju overuse " The Matter"
He Pronounce it "Da Matha"

ngwana
19 Oct 2009 16:28

"Whereby"
"you know what i mean"
"mind you"
"you know"

TheLady
19 Oct 2009 16:42

"I like using "and then" a lot...." US you just reminded me of a guy who used to preach in our church he'd go "And then ke bazalwane sihambe, and then sifike, and then sithandaze AND THEN."

I use 'Yoh' a lot epecially when someone is telling me a story and kumele ngibabaze.

nice
19 Oct 2009 16:54

I abuse "shame" a lot, and the bad thing is sometimes people interpret it as if I am feeling pity for them. It was because of my Swati roommate at res, and I cannot let go of it shame.

Mambox
19 Oct 2009 17:23

Eish saaaaan......

blueroze
20 Oct 2009 09:31

he he he felfel u know my man also overuses wow, like i'll start talking too much or stressing an issue he'll be like "i heard u wow" or he'll say "why not wow" and i dnt see the point of including wow
LMAO

the other words that are abused id DUH!, Seriaas? and o maaka/ wa yaka (pitori lingo)/ you lie/ you lying, shem or shame (i never know which is which) and hai wena!

Best-Achiever
20 Oct 2009 09:48

There was this guy in Durban .. who liked to use, No he over used 'therefore' ... i wanted him to redo my kitchen and bathroom ...
he ould say somethi like

'therefore tomorrow morning we will go and buy tiles, therefore we come back around 10 and therefore i startworking and therefore do and finish this side and therefore after three day's i'll be fifnished and therefore you come and check and therefore pay me' nc nc nc nc

Mafresh
20 Oct 2009 10:25

I like to use BATHONG, and my little princess is also using the same word, just imagine a girl whose about to turn 3 going on are 'bathong"

Beyonce
03 Nov 2009 16:51

Glen lewis like using "You know what I mean".. eish ngivele ngiswele umgodi

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