I Am Not Amazed

As one who came of age during the 80′s, I am proud that I survived the era without owning parachute pants, or wearing a Member’s Only jacket with the sleeves pushed up.  I am even more proud of the fact that I avoided the use of the word “awesome” as my main adjective.

I thought I was free and clear, until a few months ago.   Awesome has returned to the national vernacular, only it has disguised itself as ”Amazing”.

It’s everywhere, used to describe everything.  It’s especially prevalent among the twenty-somethings.  They must be like the Eloi from the Time Machine, being shown the wheel for the first time in their lives.  Everything they describe is “amazing”.  Start listening for it, you’ll be, well, you’ll be amazed quite frankly.

Let’s teach these people what a thesaurus is for.  As for those of you reading this that are guilty of abusing this word, here are some alternatives:

1. Stunning

2. Unbelievable

3. Fascinating

No thanks is necessary.  Just take these new words and use them to supplant amazing,  for a change.  Together, we can break the cycle.