<p>I thought you “put a pin” in something that you wanted to deflate, like a balloon.</p>
<p>I find, “I have no idea” annoying when used in response to a question. Everyone has SOME idea.</p>
<p>Also, “I can’t tell you” to mean “I don’t know the answer to that”. I think it comes across as demeaning. Just say you don’t know.</p>
<p>I never realized how much others’ speech habits bothered me until reading this thread. It was on my mind as we went out to dinner with three other couples last night. Not a good thing. LOL</p>
<p>I heard a tour guide saying “I’m not gonna lie to you” too many times in one tour. Ugh.</p>
<p>A friend who graduated from MIT has an annoying habit, whenever he mentions a well-known historical figure such as Einstein or Mozart, of adding “You’ve heard of the fellow, right?” <em>rolleyes</em></p>
<p>And I was going to give an example of another guy who keeps dropping this one cliche in his lectures, but I can’t for the life of me remember the cliche now. Trust me, it’s incessant.</p>
<p>As for me, I do say “cool” and “awesome” too much for a person my age. Keep biting my tongue too late…</p>
<p>“I find, “I have no idea” annoying when used in response to a question. Everyone has SOME idea.”</p>
<p>Yes!!!</p>
<p>^No, sometimes you just have NO idea! You could speculate wildly, but would that be helpful? :D</p>
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<p>Actually, in the context of a college tour saying that is not such a bad idea. Because after you’ve been on a few tours you often come away with the feeling that you are being lied to left, right, and center.</p>
<p>“sometimes you have no idea”</p>
<p>Yes, but in my experience, just does not seem to be the case. </p>
<p>Kids sitting in my office and I ask “do you know why you are here?” or if I ask " what are your grades like?", “where are your parents?”, or “how much time are you spending on homework?”.</p>
<p>^Right. I’m thinking of the point of view that says you have no idea why THEY have no idea!</p>
<p>These are not the kids that would just get in the car because their parents said so.</p>
<p>Bugs me when people say “i.e.”. </p>
<p>Also, the word “basically” – hugely overused.</p>
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<p>Haverford tour guide kept saying “What they told me to tell you” or “What they want to make sure I tell you” or “I’m supposed to tell you that …” or other words to that effect. It left a very bad taste for a campus we so wanted to like.</p>