Actually...

[trof]

I have come to hate this word.
OK, not 'hate'; that's too strong; but it's very irritating.

It has become an annoying space filler in conversation.

"So, John, where did you go to college?"
"ACTUALLY, I went to..."

"Nice to meet you Alice. What business are you in?"
"ACTUALLY, I'm a ..."

I would use 'actually' to correct a misconception.

"So trof, I hear you're a bartender?"
"No, ACTUALLY I'm a nuclear physicist."

End of small rant.
Thank you for actually attending.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Are you actually serious about this? n/t

[sharp_stick]

2. I think you're a little touchy

actually...

But actually I really agree with you, it pisses me off too.

[panader0]

3. I actually have a friend who is

an annoying space filler in conversation. When you can actually understand what he is saying. Really, I mean really.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. This is actually a very helpful reminder.

Thank you!

[petronius]

5. Honestly, I see your point... (nt)

[Joe Shlabotnik]

6. Oh wow, you're a nuclear physicist !?

No wonder I'm still waiting for last call. (I was gonna leave you a crappy tip anyway.)

[First Speaker]

7. What an awesome thread!

[monmouth4]

8. I think of Hugh Grant when I hear "actually."

[betsuni]

9. My "actually" habit began way back in college ...

when I hung around the Scandinavian exchange students who often began sentences with it, a mannerism I picked up. Even now I'll begin writing a sentence with it and feel pompous and delete it, unless it actually needs to be there of course.

[riderinthestorm]

10. Meh. Dude, that is so random.

Literally, YOLO.

Totes.