'Whatever' so totally tops most annoying word poll

<p>Check out the most annoying word (or phrase) poll:</p>

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<p>“Whatever” ticks me off, too. I do say, “It is what it is” often. I think it perfectly describes certain situations. Any word or phrase that gets your goat?</p>

<p>I was at a forum last night at a local liberal arts college. Somewhat selective school. I was seated in front of six girls who said “like” every three words:
Like, I to went, like, the bookstore and, like, I looked for, like, the books for, like, the class and, like they were, like, out of them. </p>

<p>I was ready to scream. I will say, they were very respectful once the speaker arrived and did not talk at all during his presentation.</p>

<p>“Like” is my pet peeve, too. When someone speaks to me that way, I enjoy speaking back to them the same way. That usually drives home the point that they sound like idiots.</p>

<p>“It is what it is” has grown annoying from overuse. I’m sure it started out as a Zen-like insight, but now that I’ve heard ten idiots say it for every one intelligent person, it has lost its charm. To me it’s tied with “at the end of the day”.</p>

<p>I use “whatever” if I’m being dismissive, which is often. I can understand how, like anything else, it could get annoying with overuse, and I probably do overuse it, because I dismiss a lot of things. But, you know, whatever. :)</p>

<p>My boss says everything should be “transparent”. He wants complete “transparency”. On everything. And makes a point of saying it. Every time. I like the guy a lot, so I’m more bemused than annoyed, but still, after hearing the word twenty times a day…</p>

<p>Uh oh. Whatever.</p>

<p>“Totally” bothers me more than “whatever.”</p>

<p>Not " Dude"?</p>

<p>I think it’s hilarious to call people “dude”, especially in formal settings. I also call women “man”. And if I’m really on a roll, I’ll call people “dog” or “G” in a kind of faux-hipster manner. Whatever.</p>

<p>“Demonize.” Without a doubt.</p>

<p>How about people who say, “acrosst” instead of “across”. Even some people that didn’t grow up saying it with a “t” on the end, now say it that way.</p>

<p>“Like” and “you know” - arrrgh!</p>

<p>My pet peeve is “no problem” in place of “you’re welcome.”</p>

<p>“Like” really touches a nerve with me too. Several years ago my daughters picked up that habit. I finally had to quietly count, as they were speaking, each use of the word until I got their attention to how often it was being used. Two quickly ended the practice. The other took a bit longer.<br>
Our minister, who is an excellent speaker, suddenly got into the habit of using the word “ultimately”- to the point where that word was all we could hear. D3 started counting in sermons; the record was 47 and I made her stop counting mid-sermon and told her to try to pay attention. Same daughter is also very good friend of minister’s child and laughingly reported the count to the child. I was horrified but the child related that someone else had also mentioned the issue to our minister. After that conversation, we never noticed the problem again.</p>

<p>"My pet peeve is “no problem” in place of “you’re welcome.” "</p>

<p>Even worse----</p>

<p>Me: “Thank you”</p>

<p>Cashier: barely audible grunt</p>

<p>****at this point it is perfectly acceptable to say: WHATEVER</p>

<p>I could always tell that my husband was talking to his best friend on the phone because most of his comments consisted of " No-sh**?"
:rolleyes:</p>

<p>While we are at it- extraneous swearing is annoying to me.
I swear- but usually I limit it to where really meaningful.</p>

<p>I heard Dan Savage give a talk at my school yesterday and while I like Dan very much- and think that despite his adolescent views on some things, he has a lot of compassion and common sense, but I also felt that he was inserting way more profanity than he would have used otherwise, possibly in an effort to seem " hip"?, to these kids who were about twenty years younger than he.
Annoying.</p>

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<p>Yep, annoying. There is also a certain part of the country where many people saying “else” sound like they’re saying “eltse”.</p>

<p>My wife and I have noticed that, after living in Chicago for ten years, we now say “come on” whenever we mean “that’s ridiculous”, and we say it like this: “c’maaahn!” We imagine this is annoying to people in our new, less urban, less north-central locale.</p>

<p>In the past several days, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard the phrase “I just threw up a little bit in my mouth” to express revulsion or disdain. Gross.</p>

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You haven’t been showing some of the Awkwardfamily photos ( from another thread) around have you?
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<p>i’m getting tired of this phrase: (fill in the blank) is your friend. Meaning something is helpful.</p>

<p>I work with a technical project manager whose favorite phrase is “…and whatnot”. It comes up at the oddest times, usually 5-6 times per conference call. Example: “ok, we’ll promote the new EAR file then clear the Akamai cache and whatnot.” </p>

<p>I don’t think people realize how they can lose credibility when these extraneous words & phrases become a habitual part of their speech.</p>

<p>On the other hand, “whatever” hasn’t been overdone in my small part of the world, so it doesn’t really bother me that much.</p>

<p>On CC, I find ‘tippy top’ pretty annoying. What’s wrong with ‘tip top’?</p>