The Stuff That, Like, Hacks You Guys Off ; Bsolutely. In Fact, Abso-Bloomin'-Lootely. Since Writing a Column Last Saturday On Annoying Words and Phrases I Have Been Absolutely Inundated with Letters and E-Mails From Wmn Readers Who Are Absolutely - and I Mean Absolutely - Hacked Off (to Coin a Phrase Many of You Don't Like) with the Overuse and Wrong Use of Words Like... Well, Like 'Absolutely'.

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Bsolutely. In fact, abso-bloomin'-lootely. Since writing a column last Saturday on annoying words and phrases I have been absolutely inundated with letters and e-mails from WMN readers who are absolutely - and I mean absolutely - hacked off (to coin a phrase many of you don't like) with the overuse and wrong use of words like... well, like "absolutely".

"Listening to the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning, it must have been said at least 10 times in 10 minutes," wails Rosemary Tobin, of Newbridge, near Penzance.

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The Stuff That, Like, Hacks You Guys Off ; Bsolutely. In Fact, Abso-Bloomin'-Lootely. Since Writing a Column Last Saturday On Annoying Words and Phrases I Have Been Absolutely Inundated with Letters and E-Mails From Wmn Readers Who Are Absolutely - and I Mean Absolutely - Hacked Off (to Coin a Phrase Many of You Don't Like) with the Overuse and Wrong Use of Words Like... Well, Like 'Absolutely'.

More of Rosemary's pet linguistic hates later, but for now let Paul Grant, of Winkleigh, set the general tone contained in most of the many missives I've received: "I'm like hacked off with, like, people who - like - give 110 per cent, 24/7. Know what I mean? Innit," e-mails Paul.

"Notice we're not worried thes...

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