Abso-bloody-lutely

This is my new bête noire. Everybody says it, all the time. I exaggerate, but you must hear it too. Every time one is asked a question, the positive answer is 'absolutely'. What's really infuriating is that I heard myself say it yesterday. I agreed with what my interviewee said, strongly, and That Word fell out of my mouth. It used to be justifiable, like an exclamation mark, when used sparingly. It has now become a synonym for 'yes' and is swiftly becoming meaningless.
Few things are absolute. Very few. Indeed I'm more inclined to think that everything is relative. So my concurring noise of choice should be 'quite'.
But, for the simple life we are all supposed to desire, the best response must be, simply, Yes.
Quite.