"which I blame for the annoying verbal tick we all tend to get when explaining things where we say “Basically it’s…”, or “it’s really quite simple…”" Very true

"which I blame for the annoying verbal tick we all tend to get when explaining things where we say “Basically it’s…”, or “it’s really quite simple…”" Very true. I notice this in books on advanced deep-dives on graph theory, queue theory or neural nets, where the writers use the word "obviously" about things that are obviously not obvious.