Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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user1077651

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March 21, 2019

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1

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Use of “Massive”

  • March 21, 2019, 1:41pm

This word, more than any other I hear on the daily news dribble, irritates me. Whenever an NPR host talks of a "massive (anything)" I begin feeling nausea. If the host says it twice, I must change the station. It's not the liberal bias, or the doubly earnest tone used, or the intolerable begging for money that gets me to shut it off. It's the over use of "massive".