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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 09:58 AM
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Is there word for when people use "or" alot. Like whenever they say something they will offer an alternative. example:

maybe I'm just this "or" maybe I'm just that.

"so how was your weekend in nutshell "or" longer.
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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since we are on "English", it's "quick" not "quck".

(yes, I'm a jerk)

and... Like Raj, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:20 AM
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if you kept saying or or or or or or or then it would be stuttering
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:23 AM
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"either"

"in lieu of"

can be used instead of OR when contrasting things

give us a more clear usage and we should be able to help you.

is english your second language?? not being an ass, but your sentences are fragments and the second one does not make sense (like it is missing words).

Define your question more clearly and we can offer better advice.

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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bigygf,Oct 9 2007, 10:20 AM
if you kept saying or or or or or or or then it would be stuttering
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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Following what S2020 posted, "a lot" is two words, not one.

(However, S2020 should have written, "Because we are on English . . . ." or (There's that word again!), "As we are on English . . . ."; "since" is temporal, not causal.)

As for the original question (which, by the way, should have terminated with an interrogative, not a period), the word that springs to mind is "irritating", though "annoying" would work equally well; "exasperating" seems excessive.

I, for one, am unaware of an adjective that describes someone prone to the specific behavior you describe.
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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You know how if you write too man words starting with the same letter in a sentence, it's called illiteracy. I thought a remember a name for always using alternatives in your writing. Examples stated above.
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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Is there word for when people use "or" alot.
"Alot" isn't a word, its "a lot".

I say they're indecisive - do you want it in a nutshell, or more? Make up your damn mind!
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Old Oct 9, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Amit,Oct 9 2007, 10:40 AM
You know how if you write too man words starting with the same letter in a sentence, it's called illiteracy.
Um, alliteration, perhaps?

And what, exactly, are man words?
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