"Clearly"

[prism]

Is it my imagination or does the whole world now think that no sentence is complete without this word?

Especially politicians, in whose case very little is ever clear.

[WilsonFrickett]

It's the 'to be honest' of our times. And as 'to be honest' never denotes honesty, 'clearly' never denotes clarity. Clearly.

[somebloke123]

I remember Peter Mandelson being asked a question once in an interview (I can't remember what) and he started his reply with, "Since I am no longer in office I can give you an honest answer".

[ByTheWay1]

At least we seem to have moved on a bit from "at this moment in time" ....argghhhhhhh.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

Going forward, let's hope people stop using it.

[JessieMcJessie]

I find that a lot of people are also over- using "obviously" for things that are not at all obvious, makes me feel like a fool even though they are using it as mindless punctuation.

[EvilTwins]

"Obviously" and "literally" annoy me just as much.

[seeker]

My dd uses "Clearly" as a put down. It is incredibly effective!

[MirandaGoshawk]

'Obviously' seems to be compulsory in all interviews with all footballers after a match. We have great fun counting them.

[vintageviolets]

It was "super epic, clearly"

Arggggghhhhh

[Nancy66]

David Cameron uses 'let me be clear' all the time which is a bit daft because it's usually followed by a load of waffly bollocks.