[BibChr]

1. "Impact," used as a verb. A tooth can be impacted. A colon can be impacted. People are not impacted. Brr-r-r-r.
2. The politically correct use of plural pronoun "their" where a singular pronoun should be used. "Everyone [every one, every single one] should mind their [those guys', plural] business."
3. "Momentarily" used instead of "in a moment." "We'll be back momentarily" (i.e. just for a moment).
4. ""All but" used to mean the opposite. "After the race, he was all but exhausted" — which should mean "everything except exhausted,: i.e., NOT exhausted, but meaning "exhausted."
5. "Literally" used non-literally. "After I read that I was literally torn in pieces." (Unlikely.)

I reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks.

Dan

[Petronski]

How about the extraneous "at?"

Not "Where are you?" but rather "Where are you at?"

I hate that.

[Xenalyte]

1. Impacted - that one makes me grind my teeth.

3. Momentarily - reminds me of how people always misuse "hopefully" these days.

5. Ever see the "Literally" sketch on MadTV?

[Deb]

I hate all New York terminology, including:

Standing on line.

Having a coffee.

Dungarees

Handbags

But I especially hate when people say:

"He was hoisted on his own petard." A "petard" being a bomb, not some boat equipment. Sheesh.

[pettifogger]

"Impact," used as a verb. A tooth can be impacted. A colon can be impacted. People are not impacted. Brr-r-r-r.

Amen to that. I am similarly annoyed by the fashionable trend of turning nouns into verbs, as in, "to dialogue." "We were dialoguing about the controversy the other day . . . "

Punctuation mistakes are my pet peeve, particularly the use of quotation marks for emphasis. Such as a sign at a local restaurant: Kids' meal includes "free" drink. So, it's not really free?