Are we over-using words like this? Are you an always-er? Do you say things like…
“You ALWAYS say that”
“This ALWAYS happens to me!”
“It ALWAYS rains when we want to go out!”
“Why does he ALWAYS leave the toilet seat up!”
Alternatively, maybe you get annoyed when others do. Because this is exaggeration obviously: hyperbole. The problem is that it conveniently conveys inevitability; it’s a tool of serial complaining; it justifies one’s miserableness. Is that a good thing?
What are your favourite ‘always’ statements?
What are your most annoying other people’s ‘always’s?
I’d love to know.