It’s in the same category as “in point of fact” and “very,” and many others I can’t think of at the moment.

Mark Twain once told a group of young journalists that, if in their writing they were tempted to use the word “very,” they should use “damn” instead, and the editor would remove it.

For example, ‘like’ is dreadfully overused.

Folks should just become comfortable with pausing from time to time. Better yet, do not put mouth into motion before brain is in gear.

I ‘ve also noticed the use of “Basically” to try to give you only one option of an understanding of the subject.

E.G.

“Basically, if you say someone is slow, you’re saying they’re retarded, or learning deficient.”

I don’t use that word, either.

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