Comments on: 10/7: “Whatever…” Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying

By: Eva

Eva — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:48:55 +0000

My peeve is, ‘know what I mean’?

By: perumal

perumal — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:43:06 +0000

Not much of a survey if it didn’t include “absolutely!” or “exactly” (as in Jay Leno). There are some other great additions above that were missed in the survey–”awesome” is certainly one, and “having said that” is near the top. “At the end of the day” English is in decline.

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By: Dev

Dev — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:42:13 +0000

However, we all know that the most awesomest phrase in the english dictionary is
“wa ‘eva.. I do wat I want ”

thats right… i just used most with the superlative form of an adjective… wa’eva .. i do wat I want…

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:52:02 +0000

There are a lot of interesting posts here so I may have missed it, however the phrase that irks me the most is: “and what not”. For example: “Uncle Jim was messing with the tractor and what not when he dropped his beer.” What the hell is “what not”? Anybody?

By: Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:41:13 +0000

Well, You Know What? I still think “You Know What” has got to be the most annoying and overused phrase these days. Worse than just “you know”. I hear it constantly in the news and talk radio media, sometimes 3 or 4 times in one sentence! You know what? It amazes me that others aren’t as annoyed by that.

By: carl

carl — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:46:04 +0000

Whatever is a great word idiots whatnot is the most annoying period!

By: m. claudette sandecki

m. claudette sandecki — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:53:29 +0000

These peoples’ comments are some of the funniest lines I’ve seen all week.

And they’ve named all the language irritations saving me the trouble.

By: Laurie Boris

Laurie Boris — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:45:20 +0000

I would gladly join that support group to help nix these idiocies from our speech and writing.

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