I have recieved a few comments about my last post -
mostly along the lines of, "I did not think the Golden Globes were amazing at all."
I feel you.
I was referring to the extreme overuse of the word amazing-
as in: "It's amazing how many amazing people missed my amazing use of irony
in my amazing post about the amazing overuse of the word amazing."



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About those Golden Globe Awards

All I have to say is:

Amaze \A*maze"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Amazing.]

1. To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise;
to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.

Syn: To astonish; astound; confound; bewilder; perplex; surprise.

Usage: Amaze, Astonish.
Amazement includes the notion of bewilderment of difficulty accompanied by surprise. It expresses a state in which one does not know what to do, or to say, or to think. Hence we are amazed at what we can not in the least account for. Astonishment also implies surprise. It expresses a state in which one is stunned by the vastness or greatness of something, or struck with some degree of horror, as when one is overpowered by the enormity of an act, etc.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

thank you.