Here is one list:
The top ten most irritating phrases:
1 – At the end of the day
2 – Fairly unique
3 – I personally
4 – At this moment in time
5 – With all due respect
6 – Absolutely
7 – It’s a nightmare
8 – Shouldn’t of
9 – 24/7
10 – It’s not rocket science
I thank Yang He for the pointer. At the end of the day, what would you add to this fairly unique list? With all due respect, I personally, at this moment in time, absolutely shouldn’t of suggested that it’s not rocket science because 24/7 people are saying this and it is literally a nightmare.
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“Prior to” when “before” will do.
“Asked” pronounced “assed” or “axed”
“Pitcher” for “picture”
“Like” used “like” a conjunction.
“Flush out” and argument instead of “flesh out.”
“Exit” for “leave.”
‘brilliant’
“To tell the truth…” (or “Honestly…”). It makes me wonder if you haven’t been honest up to that point, and you’re finally breaking down.
“In the final analysis”
Righteous agreement with “Perfect Storm.” Sebastian Junger should be punched in the throat for fathering that monstrosity.
- Sheer
- On steroids
- The thing is, is that
- It’s / its
Phrases just annoy me generally; never use ‘em, myself.
The misuse of “begs the question” really rankles.
Also:
EVOO
___tacular
meme
“strong oversight”
homeland
my 2 cents / $ 0.02 / EURO $ 0.02 etc.
Now it’s occurred twice in this thread. ‘Hopefully’ used to mean ‘I hope’ is most annoying.
I hate the way everybody uses the same word to mean the same thing. Convention is tiresome! And since we’re all so stupid, it would just be better if we didn’t understand each other.
I have a hard time understanding why any of these things (short of blatant misuse) actually LITERALLY annoys anyone. At this moment in time, I have to wonder what could actually be written if we denied everything that annoyed everyone so much that they’d take the time to list it.
Using the term “folks” to mean people. It’s always been around, but I feel like folks are using it way more often these days. I blame Obama.
“The fact of the matter is….”
Hands down the most irritating phrase.
Marginal Revolution. Because they really mean to say…
I hope I never hear the phrase “heartbeat away from the presidency” again.
“Going forward…”
It’s almost always redundant.
Re: “sustainable”- unfortunate it has become overloaded to mean any form of “green”. I’ve always understood it to mean a plan or system that will balance and continue to work over the long-term, so at times I use “unsustainable” as a criticism of various foolish versions of “redistribute the wealth” that destroy incentives… I shudder at the thought that communism could be implied by “sustainable”.
Maybe at the end of the day we can get closure, but we really need to reach across the aisle to end this phrase that rises to the level of a high crime.
‘… threw him under the bus.’
It went from being used to talk about reality show contestants to mainstream politics and business. Sad reflection on our culture.
Even though there have already been a lot of comments, I feel that we are only in the 3rd inning of a 9 inning game.
“in reality” or “the reality is”
“basically”
Okay, the three worst are:
24/7
paradigm shift
tipping point
I cringe when I hear these!
Egads, you people are irritated and annoyed…
I hate “going forward.” But there are many excellent, that is to say, annoying, suggestions in the thread.
nth-ing “the fact of the matter is.” My least favorite part of campaign season.
Oh the pain! The suffering! I just heard someone use a HACKNEYED PHRASE! I’m guessing that if the poor language usage of others causes you such anguish, you must be really, really smart. Or you have a nice life, protected from pretty much everything except others’ displays of their poor education. Or maybe you’re just signalling?
Some notes on grammar in Lander’s Stuff White People Like website: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/12/99-grammar/
as a libertarian “good enough for government work” seems to fill the bill
Re. “I give 110%, 24/7″
Shouldn’t it be, “I give 110%, 26.4/7.7″
Utilize instead of use.
Greatest crisis since 1929
So the one in 1937
or the one after 73, that lasted until 82 ( 12.5% plus 7.1)and 22%
or the one in 1991
How about BENCHMARK? It has no meaning, but it keeps plenty of people in business.
Ain’t nothin funnier than “It ain’t rocket scientry.” Such a perfect use of irony!
“The proof is in the pudding.”
“taxpayer dollars”: in that context, from where else are dollars of revenue taken?
“hard-earned taxpayer dollars”: why would it matter how much effort was expended in earning them? Is it better to tax easily-earned revenue than hard-earned? How does the taxing entity distinguish between the two?
Oops. I meant to say that I saw this usage of “almost” in the New York Times the other day. Not the sentence.
“It’s all greek to me.”
Also, i hate the phrase “green collar jobs”. I find it insulting.
I’ve replaced Number 10 with this one: “It’s not like it’s rocket surgery.” That way I can get two into the same sentence.
- Singing off the same hymn sheet
- All on the same page
- Using the name deck for PowerPoint presentation
These are the most irritating phrases ever!
HAHA.
I made the 11th most irritating phrase!
It is-
One sec. (second)
I keep saying it and everyone finds it so irritating! LOL.
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