Number 6!

John Blake writes an article that is, to me and all Fellow Mining Drones, a reality known from time immemorial. Or at least, since sometime in 2008.

Via CNN: "Is 'absolutely' overused? Absolutely!"

It's a verbal virus that's spreading unchecked on TV, radio and in print.

Want to sound certain? Want to remove all doubt? Want to be a commentator on TV?

Absolutely.

It has become the standard reply to every question or comment. It clings like lint to our conversations.

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Will constant use of the word, though, drain it of all of its meaning? Maybe.

A wise man once said, "Let your yes be yes and your no be no; anything beyond this is evil."

Was he right?

Absolutely.

Or as we like to say in The Mine, "Number 6!"