The Word “Honesty”. Is It Overused?

If someone has to tell you they are being honest, are they?

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Why do so many people, particularly those being interviewed on the Net, TV, and radio use the word “honest” or variations of, so frequently?

A typical response by a celebrity or a politician or an author (as a few examples) when being asked a question is to preface their response with one of the following:

To be honest with you, etc.

Honestly? Etc.

Or;

To be perfectly honest with you, etc.

To be quite honest with you, etc.

Or this one that in my opinion, is the worst of all.

I’m going to be 100% completely honest with you.

Or these ones:

Quite frankly etc.

I will be very frank with you.

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