I will accept “epic” if you’re channeling Wayne’s World. Have not heard uber used in conversation very much.
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There was a short phase where people were using uber instead of very. Uber cool, uber delicious, etc.
And then a guy started a company with that name, which may be why it’s no longer an adjective.
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Except if you’re German.
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Maybe he even wrecked the word for Germans.
My Uber was über there.
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Five stars!
Überhaupt nicht 
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Well, uber DOES mean “exceptional” or “outstanding” so it’s just a synonym for “very”, as well as being just the German word for “very”.
The German loanword uber, which sometimes functions as a prefix and sometimes as an adjective, means super or very . The German word has an umlaut over the u—über—but the umlaut is often omitted in English.
It’s really no different when each generation begins to use a word or phrase that “catches” on - until the Olds start using it, and then they look for another word or phrase.
“That’s the cat’s pajamas!”
“Bright eyed and bushy tailed”
What’s cookin’, Daddy-O?"
“Far out, man!”
“Can you dig it?”
“Whoa man, that’s rad!”
“Totally awesome, dude!” or
“That’s totally gnarly, dude!”
“Oh gah! Gag me with a spoon!”
“Whassup?”
Language. It’s fluid and ever-changing.
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The logomachy grows within you, I see.
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I’ll admit, I had to go look up that word. 
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You see, my friend, dictionaries are not as otiose as we have been told.
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My dislike of uber being used by English speakers is probably why I’ve never used Uber or ordered from UberEats.
It also means “over” and “above,” which makes perfect sense — like everything else in the German language 
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Where are you on tres and beaucoup?
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Thank God for online dictionaries.
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As a currently (like, RN) severely underemployed Uber driver, I’m uber-pissed off ATM.
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If you’re German, you realize that the word über is a preposition or an adverb, not an adjective.
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Fine if someone is speaking French.
Annoying like uber when someone is speaking English.
Really? I throw a few words of non-English into my conversation. Nada, for instance. And trust me when I tell you it’s best that I don’t attempt to speak too much French at a time.
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