Search Results: meaning of love emotions

There are so many ways to use the word love. There exists brotherly love, platonic love, love of family and love between comrades. There is also love between ... well "lovers" (amore/romantic love and sexual love/lust). Then people say that they love something: think country, state, color, book, etc. or some activity: skiing, traveling, martial arts etc.

Disregarding what people define as love, because I believe to each person there belongs a different definition, do you think its over use in society cheapens the word? Do you think it is even overused or that each use is appropriate in context? Do you think even if you love someone that you should use it sparingly and just show it in actions so that when you do use the word it is an action unto itself? Have you ever caught yourself using the word love and either not meaning it or using it to an express an emotion other than love itself (i.e. enjoyment)?

All of these questions lead to one main question: when you hear the word "love" what response does it trigger in you, and do you think it would trigger a different response if its use was more specific/less frequent?