Meaning/power of a word?

As most of you guys know, American/British teens feel as if their lives are so dramatic that they feel they must deprive all the words in their language of their meaning and value. For example, teens will say "I hate you!" to their moms, when in reality the verb of hating is much, much more powerful than in that context. In this thread, say what, if any, words in your language are over-used and deprived of their value:
Hate
Amazing
Awesome
Magnificent
Loathe

I know that in German 'ich liebe dich' is in no way equivalent to 'i love you' in English in terms of what feeling it expresses, I know that 'du hast mir gern' is more accurate. I know schrecklich and grausam both mean awful/horrible, but I get the feeling grausam is more forceful and conveys it better, that is to say it hasn't lost its value.

Ok, words in your language that have lost their value!

Well, the example you gave isn't really good, because when the teens say that they hate their parents they mean to express their anger with "strong" words they couldn't use before. Imagine how lame it would be a teen screaming "I don't -like- you!!!".
It's around this age that teens start to use "bad" words, so it's an experimentation phase.

Languages aren't static, they change along the time (well, a long time) so we couldn't really tell their "real" meaning, unless we do a historical and linguistical research.

I think it's funny to compare curses, as they can change fast

In portuguese one of the most common curse is "vai tomar no seu cu!", in english something like "go fuck your asshole". This one exist since colonial times and even being overused for a long time. It is also really pleasant and funny so say it. But still it's one of our most intense curses.

Well hate is still an abused word. They could have perhaps said, 'You're so difficult!' or 'You're so frustrating!'. Children/Teenagers don't hate their parents unless they were abandoned, or one parent killed the other, but yes I see what you mean.

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Words don't have any substance. The substance comes from your own actions, thoughts, and feelings. What you say may or may not reflect that.

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I argue words do have substance. I don't see why the things listed would have any higher priority over words when the cause behind those could well be the same?

Good, like, nice, hot, hate, bitch,

In French, one can hear "c'est trop bien !" which literally means "it's too good" but is used as in "it's really great!".

I have discovered that common powerful words aren't all that powerful because they are overused, people are used to them. Try some old fashioned strong non-common words and you will find them to be significantly more powerful.

>>9
That is also true for Japanese. 「凄過ぎる」

This is just a linguistic process. Examples like the usage of pas in negation for French, ne [verb] pas. Pas literally means a step. Originally it was just added to create emphasis, but eventually became mandatory.

Words lose emphasis with continual usage, or they lose their original meaning. Catastrophe (Greek: Turn against) originally was an aspect of Greek drama; now it just means a disaster.

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all words get bastardised one way or another, so I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
Teens will always be brats.
and hyperbole with always be the best thing ever.

swedish dont really have overused words like English
You guys say you Love someone it can be same thing as like a friend...

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Ich fuehle mich grausam is I feel cruel, dude.

"Crazy" is used to describe all sorts of things - it can mean literally crazy (like insane), fun, risky, dangerous, unbelievable, odd, amazing, impressive. etc.

Another one is "literally", which is (incorrectly) used to mean the exact opposite of its true meaning - "my girlfriend was so mad at me, she literally ripped my head off."