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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 291584" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>It irritates me to hear people repeatedly use a word incorrectly. The whole "literally" versus "figuratively" war has already been lost, so I have decided to move past that atrocity. The one bothering me the most right now is "Iconic". It generally means well-known as a symbol of excellence, such as an iconic building or work of art, though I also tend to think of certain people having iconic status if they are at the top of their profession (Lucille Ball being an iconic TV figure) or the most famous person in a certain field of endeavor. Yet these days I hear/read phrases like "Here I am being iconic today" with some frivolous selfie, or "That's an iconic dress she wore today."</p><p></p><p>I think people have gotten too accustomed to hyperbole when conversing online, since social media compels people to over-state themselves in an effort to "one-up" others. It's not a bad day at work, it's "[literally] worst day<em><strong> evah</strong></em>". Her hair was not just well-styled, it was "iconic". Uhhhh.....<img src="http://www.hazelnet.org/icon/geek/slap.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":slap:" title="Slap :slap:" data-shortname=":slap:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 291584, member: 27"] It irritates me to hear people repeatedly use a word incorrectly. The whole "literally" versus "figuratively" war has already been lost, so I have decided to move past that atrocity. The one bothering me the most right now is "Iconic". It generally means well-known as a symbol of excellence, such as an iconic building or work of art, though I also tend to think of certain people having iconic status if they are at the top of their profession (Lucille Ball being an iconic TV figure) or the most famous person in a certain field of endeavor. Yet these days I hear/read phrases like "Here I am being iconic today" with some frivolous selfie, or "That's an iconic dress she wore today." I think people have gotten too accustomed to hyperbole when conversing online, since social media compels people to over-state themselves in an effort to "one-up" others. It's not a bad day at work, it's "[literally] worst day[I][B] evah[/B][/I]". Her hair was not just well-styled, it was "iconic". Uhhhh.....:slap: [/QUOTE]
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