ANSWERS: 62
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Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
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Good question. I extremely dislike hearing someone say "whatever" as a blow-off response. It's a useful word at times, but it's horrible and ratchets up the rudeness when used as a substitute for "I don't care what you have to say." Also, I wonder why a few years ago people started to say "is" twice. For example: "The thing is, is..." or: The way it works is, is..." It makes no sense and sounds really dumb!
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"that's neither here, nor there"
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What really bugs me is mixing metaphors. "Let's run it up the flagpole and see what sticks." Or the work-speak. Terms like, "On a moving forward basis; or core competency; or words like "leverage." "Let's leverage our core competencies on a moving forward basis." I have an idea! Instead, tomorrow let's do what we do really well!
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Are we having fun yet?
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"Have A Nice Day". I may be having a terrible day and someone makes this comment. I may also be perfectly happy, NOT having a nice day. Give it a rest.
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"I love You" Of course it is romantic, but it has lost much of it because people say it soooo often in movies. It kind of kills the moment and seems funny when It's not.
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With working in a shop i get all the time "cheap at half the price"it doesnt make sense but people insist on saying it...so stop it now.
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I'm tired of these, even though I sometimes use them myself: "thinking outside the box", "comfort level", "global warming", "pushing the envelope".
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Hot enough for ya?
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I'm going to call it a night = #1 overused expression that is used at the end of the day.
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"lets put it this way" used by my husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law at least 20 times during a 15 minute conversation....urrgh
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I'm really tired of people just saying "ANYway", at the end of a sentence or conversation as the ending phrase, meaning 'this conversation is over'
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It's like, Oh My god! you know, that's so hot, LOL. (Note: I'm guilty on the LOL Account) :)
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At work it's , "Good Morning" " Have a nice day" " Thank you " How are you today " #1 A morning that I get up and am still on this earth is never a good morning #2 I could care less if people have a good day #3 Ok yes this is true Thank You , but what I'm really saying is "I'm glad your going" #4 I really don't care how my customers are. I have to say these things over and over and over again everyday and I hate it so much.
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"you know", interjected into sentences randomly and often. The people who do this typically do it a lot!
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"you know wut I'm sayin". Watch Maury, Oprah or Springer and you can hear this about 75 times.
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I hate the ANYWAY with 'S'.. ANYWAYS.. grrr!!
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'He turned around to me and said'... As though there are all these conversations going on whilst people are doing pirouettes.
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"Don't mind if I take a look through your things just to make sure you don't have anything illegal?" ¿Wanna make sure I have no weapons too?
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A real up to date and over used phrase, even since if I just heard a few weeks ago, is being used by too many politicians in UK contains "moral compass" e.g. "It does appear his morale compass is way off line" Clever once but then it's dead pal. Thanks. Anyway you didnt make that up yourself. So what are you trying to do, steal someone elses clever thought? "Hey mate, did you buy your moral compass out the Pound Store?"
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I really hate this one, because the first time I have heard it was my first day at work and since then for 12 years it has never died. "You know, you sure arent the bright'ess person in the world, but dont worry, you sure are the dumb'ess". Geezzz I hate hearing that.
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"You know what i mean?" over and over. I hate the "at the end of the day" one, too, because at the end of the day, i go to sleep and that's that!
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No problem for every situation relating to customer service. I say, there was not a problem in the first place, why are you say there is no problem?
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It's not really an expression, but the word amazing is overused alot. I hate that word now.
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"awesome". The grand canyon is awesome, not your new hair color.
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I hate "Quite frankly" it just sounds weird! and when people refer to their sister or something and say OUR Rachel...yes we know they're your sister or relative you don't have to say OUR everytime you say their name!
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Damn, I use that a lot....Damn it
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The top two phrases I abhor are "like" and "you know" ... I dislike it even more when I fall into the trap and use them myself. Most things are not LIKE anything unless in comparison with other things (which is rarely supplied). And I DON'T KNOW unless I know and often a person is not telling me anything by repeating "y'know" to me. Also not a big fan of the F-bomb. Not that I'm for censorship but using it repeatedly underscores the fact that many people do not have other descriptive adjectives, verbs and nouns at their disposal.
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"Raising Awareness." I wish they would just say what they really mean: "raising money."
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There are a host. Let's go with, "how's it hangin'?"
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do you feel me?
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Political correctness. Political it might be but correct it rarely is!
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So to speak that really adds nothing and annoys me because it is over-used
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you know what I'm sayin and like(say with a valley girl voice)...ggrrr
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I'm sure I'll get slammed for this one but...{{ OMG! }} That is just sooo way over said it's not even funny!
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people who say "know what I'm sayin?" after every sentence. hey, I understand and speak english and I'm not deaf....of course I do! and if you say that one more time....!! ok...I feel better now!
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Think out of the box.
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I really don't like when someone ends there thoughts or conversation with "Well, ANY way........" What does it mean? It's very annoying to me.
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Oh, I was just on the phone with my 18 year old brother, and I've got a new one! (Am I allowed to answer twice?) "That's so gay."
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"awesome"..........."at the end of the day"........god forbid "at the end of the day it was awesome"
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"Whatever"....it's like they're blowing you off .
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When my clients (adolescents) at work get upset and say: Shut up talking to me" Drives me NUTS!!! Either say shut-up or stop talking to me....why say both?!
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long story, short drives me crazy when someone says that!
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only if you say it during sex
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"Huh?" I hate that.
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Fine! I'm sure it's not fine at all.
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OMG!
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" Whatever" That really jacks my jaws
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"I am bored right now" It feels like they don't deserver to live when someone says that. God gave you this wonderful thing called life and you just sit and feel bored.. argggg
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you understand
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"Actually". The next time you hear this in a sentence ask yourself if the person actually needed to say "actually" or if they are actually just overusing a word which actually isn't appropriate in most sentences, actually. You'll actually hear this a lot from news reporters who actually need a way to segue in to another piece which actually has f*ck it all to do with the previous piece.
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So to speak
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" At this point in time"
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I can't stand when people use the work "legitimately" incorrectly! I don't know why; it just bugs me.
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24/7 not everything is 24/7
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xÇs buıɹnp ʇı ÊŽÉs noÊŽ ɟı ÊŽ1uo only if you say it during sex
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for Tha canadians that watch the CTV evening news: That's the kind of day it's been.....dear old Lloyd....
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I'll take that on board. You need closure.
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My two least favorite have to be: 1. "It is what it is." 2. "Whatever." A word that doesn't bother me much, but was pointed out to me as rarely being needed, is "currently." I tried to imagine when it would ever be NEEDED, and I couldn't come up with anything. It just seems to be for emphasizing that something might change.
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"without missing a beat" its just terrible
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'Hearts and minds'
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