Original Run: 1996 - 1999 The ultimate in television shows about, like, totally popular teenagers, Clueless followed the exploits of Rachel Blanchard's Cher Horowitz - a character who had previously been made famous by Alicia Silverstone in the movie of the same name - as the attractive, popular, extremely wealthy and totally douchey girl made her way to the top of the high school social scene. It was a show in which the word "totally" was blissfully thrown in front of almost any word imaginable. As well as totally being used in totally acceptable ways, it totally seemed to totally appear totally in front of words it totally didn't belong in front of. Totally. Like, Totally Examples:Dionne: Cher, I'm sorry, I have to be with Murray - he's way traumatised about his new driver's license picture. Cher: You're cancelling on me again? Dionne: Cher, I would love to try the new violets, but when your man needs you sometimes you just have to sacrifice. Cher: Well, I know, but what about last Saturday? I got us backstage passes to Bush and at the last minute you punked. I ended up having to go with Josh who totally embarrassed me by stomping on his chair. Dionne: I was way disciplined, Cher, you would have been proud. I almost bought this wooden shoulder bag and I totally stopped myself, because Alonso Marcus is gonna have the latest bags. Cher, what are you doing? Are you still looking for volunteer stuff? Here, let me find you something good. So there you have it - ten television shows from the 1990s that totally overused the word "totally". Did you enjoy this article? Can you remember the word "totally" being totally overused in these shows? Which otherwise used it way too much? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. And please feel free to follow K.J. on Twitter!
