Has anyone else noticed the over-use of the word "absolutely!".

I idly recorded (via ticks on a piece of paper) how many times I heard it used, on radio and TV, on a normal day between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm the other day - and came up with 102 (OK, I was bored that day and confined to the house with a cold). "Absolutely!" now replaces such words and phrases as:

"I agree with you."
"I agree with you very much."
"How true."
"That's true."

and

"Yes."

I find it a bit annoying - but I'm not sure why ... ?