I thought I'd start a list of annoying phrases/words. Now, my first choice is somewhat funny when bush says it but I was reading an article today and noticed a quote by one of the Iraqi Governing Council members in which he used the term "evildoers". He wasn't making a joke, he was talking seriously about the bombings in Baghdad and Karbala. I think it's time ... anyone using the term "evildoers" in a serious statement should be shot and/or beaten with 'The Passion of Christ' soap on a rope. Do you guys have any other additions to the list? It doesn't have to be political, just words or phrases that put you into a blind rage.
One of my pet peeve phrases is, "I'll give it 110 percent." No, you won't. 100% is all you have to give. You can't give 110% and just saying it proves you're a moron. ~Raithere
Yes! the unholy union of "irrespective" and "regardless", that's one of my favorite words to hate as well.
here's another I love to hate, "bling-bling". I can't figure out how that caught on, it works fine in a song but in everyday use it just makes the speaker sound like an ass. Hopefully that one will soon join "gag me with a spoon" in evil phrase hell.
I know there's a term for this but I can't remember it. It's the phenomenon of people overcorrecting out of fear of being guilty of bad grammar or pronunciation, and ending up with bad grammar or pronunciation anyway, just a less common and understandable kind. "Between you and I" is probably the most famous, people so afraid of misusing "me" that they don't even use it when it's correct. But pronouncing silent letters is my personal peeve. The "t" in "often" and the first "c" in "arctic", for example, are lexicographical errors. Those sounds were never in the English words from their first appearance in our language. Some early printer assumed that since "oft" has a "t", then the word which is pronounced "offen" must also have one, which it didn't. And that since the Latin word "arcticus" has two C's, the word that we borrowed from medieval French must also have one, even though by that time it had disappeared. I guess the reason that this stuff bothers me is that it's educated people who do it. It's easy to forgive uneducated people for speaking incorrectly, because that's one of the things that "uneducated" means. But "educated" people are supposed to be "educated"!
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"Life Isn't Fair"!!!! by far the dumbest phrase ever. http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=30401
Similar to what was mentioned earlier: over-pronounced words, like when someone says "ah-Toe" for "auto" and "phoe-Toe" for "photo," because "oddo" and "phodo" are "just not correct." I also cringe when people (particular to the South, I think) say one of the following: "Listen at him..." "She was kissing on him" "Pretty rose. Here, smell of it." Also: "mash" when you mean push or press: "What button do I have to mash to make it go?"
I was going to say Bling Bling but someone said that already. How about "I've Got Mail" Try working in an office after crankyankers came out with that skit. Every like 20 minutes. " I've Got Mail Yeahhhh"
"shout out" as in; "I'd like to give a shout out to all my peeps" "you go girl" people who quote the simpsons or family guy all the time
