One Overused Word That I Hate

[Secular Elf]

Blessed.  "Have a blessed day."  "Bless you."  "I am so blessed."  "This is such a blessing." "What a blessing."  Blah, blah, blah, yada-yada-yada.  I am so sick of hearing it!!  Every day, from strangers, on TV, on newscasts.....AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!  

I hear it in NC a lot also. Even people who aren't overly religious sometimes say it. When I was  a kid, I don't remember anyone saying it. Maybe people are trying to be religious without mentioning god or Jesus?

I was raised in a Christian home.  My father was Baptist and my mother is from a Pentacostal-Holiness background.  I remember distinctly never ever hearing "have a blessed day" in any normal conversation either at home or in my social circles when I was a teen in high school, and back then I was involved with a group of kids from a Missionary Alliance church.  Never heard any of them say that.  It seems to be a more recent development within Conservative circles.  Distinct evidence of evolution of religion.

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are solidly in the Bible Belt:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt

Looks more like the bible urinary infection to me.

Yes, definitely a bible urinary infection.