So I was told this week in the comments of a blog post that I tend to “throw around terms”.  Now I will freely admit that I do use some words more frequently than others.  They have over time integrated themselves into my vocabulary both vocally and in my writing through increasing frequency, and they tend to lose their definitive quality with each use.

The terms that I supposedly “throw around” so recklessly were: Amway Pusher.

So now honestly ask yourself how many times you have read that term in my writing.  I can think of 3 times over the past 4 years that I have used it, and not all of them were in blogging.  I think that can hardly be qualified as being terms I “throw around”.

However I decided to provide you a list of words that in my opinion are the Top 10 English Words Thrown Around More Than Rey Mysterio:

• 10) Fresh - We’re not even living during the height of popularity for Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, but still this word is being used left and right.  Fresh design, fresh content, fresh faces, blah blah blah.  Fresh is finally stale.

• 9) Organic - People talk about “organic” in everything from food to search engine results.  The thing is… EVERYTHING is “organic”.  Even the things that are synthesized are based on “organic” matter. 

• 8) Gay - This is a word that started out as meaning “happy” in the 12th Century, evolved into a description of bright and flamboyant objects by the 17th Century, and eventually became the “proper” label for homosexuality in the 20th Century.  That’s over 800 years of this word being adopted, altered, and thrown around like one of those super bouncy balls you got for a quarter at the supermarket.

• 7) Nice - Hell, I throw this word around WAY more than Rey Mysterio.  I use it positively (Yeah, that’s pretty nice.), negatively (Oh he stabbed you?  Nice.), and sarcastically (So you’re suing me because you ran me over with the beer cart?  That’s nice.)

• 6) Bad - This word has been thrown around hard and put away wet more times than “gay”.  Everything from sleek cars to leather clothing to rock stars at one time or another has been considered “bad”.  Michael Jackson even admitted to being “bad”, but no one realized he literally meant “bad” as in equating to evil!

• 5) Twat - This used to be a cutting word.  It was kinda cute when people started by referring to Twitter messages as “twats” instead of “tweets”.  Then time carried on and it moved quick from cute and funny to ugly and annoying.  Now that word has totally lost its edge and been thrown around more than Rey Mysterio.  Those who continue to use it are at least putting the Twit in Twitter.

• 4) Nigga - You don’t think this word gets thrown around?  Well you must be a country bumpkin because allow me to assure you that it is as overused as it gets.  This word gets used by black people, white people, brown people, yellow people, and even those damn Purple People Eaters.  Sure there is this theory that replacing the “er” with the “a” changes the meaning of the word and makes it more of a loving word.  Yet I see the use of “brotha” (instead of “brother”) and “sista” (instead of “sister”) as terms of endearment and not changing in their meaning from the root word… so why should “nigga” suddenly transform itself from bad to good?  Well it has by getting thrown around more than Rey Mysterio.

• 3) Cool - I blame James Dean and Charles Schulz for this one.  Back during the time that James Dean was up and coming apparently he did not have a core body temperature of 98.6.  Add in the leather jacket, the sunglasses, and the stogie then you suddenly became “cool”.  It could have all ended up on Dead Man’s Curve… but instead Schulz transformed his beloved Snoopy as a cartoon memorial to Dean and rebranded him as Joe Cool.  Needless to say, “cool” has been through the wash, the dry cleaners, the dog house, and a couple brothels while getting thrown around more than Rey Mysterio.

• 2) Awesome - What was once a word to describe a once in a life time event has in 4 little decades become a word to describe finding a quarter in the couch cushions.  I blame California for the use and abuse of this word.  Like, totally.

• 1) Hot - I blame Paris Hilton for this.  One night I was at MSG a few years ago in the elevator with a pack of VIPs, and the operator said, “Hey Dawg check out my new Nokia phone.  Ain’t it cool?” I looked and told him, “Nah bra, that’s hot!” Then we got to the floor, I got out, and behind me I heard someone say, “Hey it’s Paris Hilton, she’s so cool!” and then I heard her say, “No darling… I’m hot!” That bitch took my word and threw it around more than Rey Mysterio.

So what words do you think get thrown around more than Rey Mysterio?