( EW.com ) -- Jerry Seinfeld is really , really ticked off . The comedian penned a letter to The New York Times in response to TV critic Neil Genzlinger 's Monday column about the abuse and overuse of one of Seinfeld 's favorite words : `` really . '' `` Really , Neil ? Really ? You 're upset about too many people saying , `` Really ? '' ? I mean , really , '' Seinfeld writes . Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards reunite for season finale of 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee ' The amusingly outraged letter to the editor , which uses the word `` really '' 10 times , comes to the defense of the `` lazy '' comedy writers who use the word that Genzlinger claims is `` undoing 2,000 years ' worth of human progress . '' Seinfeld defends `` Saturday Night Live 's '' Weekend Update segment `` Really ! ? ! With Seth , '' which used to star Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers and which Seinfeld himself contributed to in 2010 ; and turned the tables on Genzlinger by ripping him for using the phrase , `` wrap my head around it . '' 'Seinfeld ' star Wayne Knight will play Santa in musical 'Elf ' `` Do n't preach to us about 'Really ? ' and then wrap our heads around things , '' wrote Seinfeld . `` You crumbled a bit of civilization off there yourself . '' Seinfeld 's keen observation about everything and nothing could n't come at a better time -- his five-borough New York City comedy tour kicks off tomorrow . I really hope he addresses the `` R word '' in his routine . See the full story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
A New York Times column on the use of 'really ' prompted a letter from Jerry Seinfeld . Seinfeld used the word 10 times to address a TV critic 's claim that script writers overuse it . Seinfeld : `` Really ? You 're upset about too many people saying , `` Really ? '' ? I mean , really ''