The Word “Hate” is Overused

This is a pretty fun one, but still a social responsibility study nonetheless. See? Studying CAN be fun! Basically, I think the word “hate” is overused in our popular culture today, especially when paired, as the verb, to the subject, “I”. The overuse of the word hate has kind of sucked the meaning out of a word and sentiment that once packed a punch in our society. And I don’t think that’s a good thing. I mean, come on, right now when you say, “I hate that,” it really sounds like you’re saying, “Ugh, that again.” Doesn’t really convey true, utter, blinding, rage-filled hate, now, does it? Or at least: if that’s going to happen, we’ll be needing a new  word with widespread acceptance as very bad to balance out our vernacular yin and yang, I think.  So…what to replace hate with, what to replace hate with… Loathe is always a good one, but too archaic-sounding for the masses to use properly… Abhor sounds way too snooty… Repelled is nice, but it generally requires a preposition in this context and implies more of a physicality than pure hatredOooh! Oooh! I think I have one. Abominate! How about we start using abominate when we really hate something? And then it’ll make people laugh too because they’ll immediately picture the abominable snowman and…ok, maybe not. Crap. I hate it when I can’t think of the right word. Just forget it. Move along. Nothing to see here. Except of course for this social responsibility commentary video action, natch.