I see it more as attention whores, saying, LOOK AT ME! I WROTE THIS!!! Its just as annoying as caps and italics by the way!!! My rant is done.
Not overused to me... it's hilarious pretty much every time I see it used in context. I've never actually said it myself though, I don't think... You gotta love it when we do something like re-sign Ryan Bowen, and halfway down the page someone types "SPLASH!!!" in massive font. Gets me every time.
I think the word "fillers" is overused and annoying. I say that b/c it is always used in the most idiotic trade proposals.
not a phrase but the word "IF" comes to mind "IF (insert name here) is or comes back healthy we're guaranteed the trophy" "IF we trade for (insert ball hogging players name here) and he (stops his ballhogging ways of the last hundred or so years) we're guaranteed the trophy" "IF we trade (insert players name here) for (insert name here) we'd suck....where would our (scoring or defense) come from.