Words that have been overused so much that they practically lose their meaning or punch. The result is now the word can now be used in a much more general term which results in a death spiral for the word since the effect snowballs.
Numb nuts: I‘m LITERALLY deceased.
Person B: Do you mean figuratively? Who am I kidding, welp, gotta add it to my „Misused Words list.“
Person B: Do you mean figuratively? Who am I kidding, welp, gotta add it to my „Misused Words list.“
by 1kilkilkil May 15, 2019