Posted on 12/20/2013 8:14:42 AM PST by TexasCajun
You likely hear it every day. And if it bugs you, you’re not alone. The most annoying word in American conversation has been revealed: “whatever.”
And get this: it’s the fifth year in a row the nine-letter casual word has taken top ticked-off honors.
According to a Marist poll, 38 percent of Americans can’t stand the word. Taking second-place honors is “like” with 22 percent, then “you know” with 18 percent followed by “just sayin” with 14 percent and “obviously” with 6 percent.
The 38 percent number is up six points from last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
“Unexpected and unprecedented”
I justed used “My Bad” yesterday, in place of “I’m an idiot”.
When did ‘whatever’ become a nine-letter word?
No, to me the most annoying and irritating word is the inappropriate use of “like” as in “I was like...” We were like...” ad nauseam.
If you remomoved the word “like” from the English language, half of the people under the age of 25 in this country would be speechless.
A Whatnot is a triangular set of shelves that you put nick-knacks on.
That’s so gay. I mean that’s old school.
Oh, my bad, ...
How about the words uttered by collectivists, “forward,” and “progress.” They have so hijacked for so long...
“So” used at the beginning of a sentence. This is used exclusively by well educated liberal government bureaucrats.
Mine is a bunch of words “The truth of the matter”
It’s not the truth it’s the speaker’s opinion. Gutfeld should ban the phrase.
Racist
And from the enviro-nuts, “sustainable.”
My own sins include using “basically”, “bottom line”.......and the dreaded, “let me be blunt”.....which is in itself a way of not being blunt.
OMG....now I notice my little “dot.....dot.....dot’s” annoy even me......oh well. More insecurities.
During a football game the announcer said "The Giants have literally shot themselves in the foot..." and I wondered if Plaxico Burress had been picked up by the team.
Much of this destruction of language comes from the uneducated schlubs from "J"-school who made their way to the TV screen. I remember back in the 90's when Bill Clinton brought sexual harassment into everyone's living rooms. The traditional pronunciation was - /həˈrasm(ə)nt or, hair-ass-ment. But, one day a doofus on TV thought it would be clever and sophisticated to say "harris-mint" and withing 48 hours every member of the herd was pronouncing it that way.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is a perpetual offender with “obviously”. To the point that people in these parts have begun to refer to him as “Captain Obviously”.
“At the end of the day”
“Win - win!”
“Where the rubber meets the road”
eg. It's scary there are people who think like Phil Robertson running around free.
While lying your ass off.
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