Language cop Oliver Willis says 'stop overusing epic'; Hilarity ensues

Media Matters’ Oliver Willis is fed up with all the “epic” in his timeline:

stop overusing "epic"

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 22, 2015

Is he warning himself we wonder? Because Willis is a user of “epic” in epic proportions. Check it out:

@RobProvince @WhiskeyInSpace if you want to keep thinking an election where most of the electorate didnt turn up is epic, i cant stop u

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 22, 2015

.@CoweringNPR I dunno, being sacrificed for all mankind then coming back from the dead is pretty epic as far as storylines go, lol

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) April 5, 2015

glenn beck's expression of skepticism re: norquist being a muslim brotherhood frontman is epic. beast feasts on self. pic.twitter.com/o9bz7gWyQL

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 26, 2015

i had hoped the cruz ad would be more like this t-paw epic https://t.co/BeJO6e9p64

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 23, 2015

w lincoln, u can stack up all his demerits and they dont equal 1/100th of saving union, ending slavery. just epic.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 16, 2015

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lbj would be higher if not for his epic failure in vietnam w escalation. but civil rights, war on poverty rescue him from the bottom imo

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 16, 2015

epic sourcing from the tampa bay times: "A Republican consultant who could advise a Bush campaign"

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 15, 2015

@RobProvince no christie will soldier on to epic failure

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 13, 2015

Marvel vs DC Epic Trailer: http://t.co/UQ5nQDXp5b haha cool

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 22, 2014

@Steverocks35 @kombiz an epic killing machine

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 24, 2014

And it epically goes on and on and on.

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