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".
Use of “Massive”
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".