Posted on 12/19/2017 1:52:34 PM PST by EveningStar
The most annoying word or phrase used in casual conversation this year? Whatever.
According to the annual Marist Poll released Monday, for the ninth consecutive year, whatever takes the prize as the most irksome word, 33 percent of Americans say.
Rounding out the top five were fake news (23 percent), no offense, but (20 percent), literally (11 percent) an you know what I mean (10 percent), according to the poll.
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“No problem” given as a response to “Thank you” or “Appreciate your help”, just drives me crazy. Why would anyone use a double negative to reply to a positive statement? The word “No” is a negative. The word “Problem” is a negative. What the hell are these cretins thinking? Whatever the hell happened to “You’re welcome”, or “My pleasure”?
How about, “I am excited to tell you ......” ?
Diversity
You are so right. Diversity is the left’s way to get more seats on every board, commission, or elected body. It allows the left to justify hiring or admitting unqualified people. While passing over those who are qualified. Diversity is used as a moral goal. Its like it was in the Bible or Torah somewhere. Maybe a commandment that was left out of some revision. Thought shall hire or admit those who are not right for the position in order to teach a lesson to those passed over that life is not fair.
So my daughter will start sentances with it and like I can hardly understand her because she like days things like that are funny you know.
Like the word “like” that sucks so bad.
So you see?
Stupid poll. “Woke” is probably the most annoying one this year.
He meant no harm to the thread.
Stand down
Click-bait phrases like, “......You won’t believe what happens next.”
“Have a good one”
I say
“Have a great two”
Winner.
‘Woke’
I am with you on that, amen.
“Whatever” goes back even further.
I graduated high school in 1980. “Whatever” was such a favorite word of mine - I hang my head in shame - that I signed yearbooks with “Forever? Whatever!”
exactly!
Beautiful Tao Yin. I never thought about it that way and you are exactly right.
My girlfriend in high school looked exactly like that girl. I had to look twice to see if it was her. I only know for sure because she would never wear that necklace, even in 1978
” ——— having said that,-————”
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Woke equals Red Pill. Which I use from time to time. And for me its true.
Kristy Swanson today....
1. Jump The Shark
2. Sammich
3. Nothingburger
4. Ilk
5. Takeaway
And all its variations. Yes. Absolutely.
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