What’s the most annoying trope in books or movies?
I can’t stand this word. It’s overused, much like iconic, and they are both used frivolously and, in my opinion, not as intended. Seeing a word used repeatedly dulls its shine. Trope usage should not be common place, and iconic is only iconic if we stop using iconic so much. Internet culture strikes again.
As for answering the prompt, I can’t get past the word to answer it. The word itself has become a trope.
Ugh.
“It's Amy,” I said. 
I’ll grant you that “trope“ is overused. Unfortunately, it’s overused because it means so many things that we call tropes are so grossly overused as well.
“Iconic” is definitely overused as well.
Another one that’s over used is G. O. A. T. – the acronym for “the greatest of all time“
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Precisely. Not everything is a trope. But since the word is so frequently used for things that it shouldn’t be applied to, the word itself is a trope. The things that are happening to the English language…😫
Ah, yes, GOAT. This word is overused because everyone thinks that everyone else is “goated.” The problem is, no one is the greatest of all time if everyone is the greatest of all time. It doesn’t work like that.
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Ha, I’d add “literally” to the list it’s lost all meaning at this point too! Great little rant, very relatable.
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Oh, that’s a great one! I missed it! That word is one of my biggest pet peeves because it’s almost always used incorrectly. Overused? Definitely. Used incorrectly? Yes. Literally and figuratively are not the same, and when people use literally, they usually mean figuratively.
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I must have been living under a rock! I didn’t even know what the word meant! I had to look it up! 😀
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I’m glad you didn’t know what it meant! 😄
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🤣🤣🤣 Amy, you have absolutely cracked me up with this one!
I came here fully prepared to answer the prompt and then discovered that apparently the word “trope” itself is the problem. 😂 So naturally I now have to wonder whether I have been using the word incorrectly all this time!
And after reading your post, I started thinking about all the other words we seem to have collectively worn out. “Iconic”, “literally”, “GOAT”… and I’m sure there are plenty more waiting to annoy us. 🤣
Although I have to admit, I was just reading another blogger’s post today about airports and the familiar things that happen in movies, and I actually used the dreaded word “trope” in my comment. 😳🤣
Now I’m wondering whether I should go back and delete it before you find me.
😂😂😂
But I do agree with you about words losing their impact when we throw them around for everything. And since we’re confessing our most irritating words, may I nominate “revert”? Particularly when someone writes, “Please revert back to me.” Revert what? Am I supposed to become my previous self? 🤣🤣🤣
Perhaps we need to start a support group for abused English words.
“Hello, my name is Trope, and I have been overused.”
“Hello, Trope.” 🤣🤣🤣
“Hello, my name is Revert, and apparently I’m supposed to mean ‘reply’.”
“Hello, Revert.” 😂😂😂
And then somewhere in the back of the room, “Literally” is waiting for its turn.
I suspect this is going to give me a whole new list of words to become irritated by. Thanks for that. 😂❤️
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I would add “circle back” to my list of annoying phrases/words. It’s kind of similar to revert, but I think even more annoying.
Thanks for your comment. Glad I could give you a laugh. 😄
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🤣🤣🤣 Oh, “circle back”! How could I have forgotten that one?
You may be right — it might actually be worse than “revert.” At least with “revert” I can imagine someone becoming their former self. But “circle back” makes me wonder whether we’re having a business discussion or planning a hiking route. 😂
I think we may have just started a support group for people traumatised by corporate vocabulary.
Hello, my name is Sonel, and I have a problem with “revert.”
“Hello, Sonel.”
“And I’m Amy, and I have a problem with ‘circle back.’”
“Hello, Amy.”
Meanwhile, “literally” is sitting in the corner pretending it hasn’t been overused for the last ten years. 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the laugh right back! 😄
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