[operation clinton cleanup]

Needles!

[Lil'freeper]

Like, the total abuse of, like, the English language, like, by using, like, the word like, as like every part of speech and stuff like that.

[Cagey]

Getting behind someone who is wearing bell-bottoms, and having to hear that "slip-slop" sound as they scrape the ground.

You're freaking me out, man.

[GodsLittleOne]

"toleration"

[Charles Henrickson]

Anniversary journalism. (This is the mother of all weeks for that.)

[Charles Henrickson]

Going to McDonald's (that would be bad enough) and, nine times out of ten, having my order messed up in some way by the scholars who work (I'm using that term loosely) there.

[Charles Henrickson]

People who send messages and spell "loose" when they mean "lose," as in, "We're going to loose the game."

BTW, in post 9, I really did mean what I spelled: "loosely" (not "losely").

[Charles Henrickson]

People with tattoos and body piercings. (Of course, they're getting under their own skin by mutilating it so.)

[Tony in Hawaii]

These days, it's "One year anniversary." There is no such thing as "six month anniversary" or "one week anniversary."

In a few days, we will be noting the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the attack on September 11, 2001.

[Charles Henrickson]

People who shack up.

People, especially in the media, who accept shacking up as an OK thing to do.

(How our culture has declined in the last 35-40 years!)

[Charles Henrickson]

News stories that talk about Americans "being afraid to fly" when really it's the hassle caused by the stupid "security" measures that deters people from flying.

[justshe]

Anything....and I mean ANYTHING that:

Smiles like
Sounds like
Smells like
Parties like
Frowns like
Looks like
Feels like
Lies like
Speaks like
Pouts like
Scams like
Steals like
Corrupts like










.....a Clinton.

[Charles Henrickson]

Telemarketers.

The over-commercialization of baseball broadcasts ("This pitching change is brought to you by Pampers"), especially that advertising sign they put behind the batter so you have to look at it on the pitcher-batter camera shot.

Telemarketers.

Back-to-school sales in July. The school year starting in mid-August. Oktoberfests in September, Halloween stuff in September, Christmas catalogues in September.

Telemarketers.

[Riley]

"Prolly" for 'probably'.
The instant my eyes hit that, I go on to the next post, except for briefly noting the handle of the poster, who I promptly killfile.

[petuniasevan]

Misspellings in articles by authors who should know better.

"Your" used where "you're" is meant.

Telemarketers. A pox on their houses.

Spam email.

Pointy-haired bosses.

Any wretch who says we should "try to understand the terrorists' motivation".

[PFKEY]

Cute, corporate jargon...

You know the words.

[brat]

multiculturalism.

[brat]

victimization

[Flashlight]

Those #@$%&! public-service commercials that they show on Fox *constantly*, *over* and *over* and *over* again. Example:

Hello. (pause). My name is Estelle Ward. (pause). And I'd like to talk to someone about my daughter's financial aid. (pause).

Hello. (pause). Yes, I'm Ruth Ward's mother. (pause). I'd like to talk to someone about my daughter's financial aid. (pause).

She got good grades. (pause).

Hello. (pause). Yes, I'm Ruth Ward's mother. (pause). And I'd like to speak to someone about my daughter's financial aid...."

---And don't get me started on the Ed McMahon ones. Those cause me to change the channel. That chirpy female voice-over has told me to "start a neighborhood watch" at least a thousand times.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

The word "Diversity."

This spawns a whole subgenre of irritants -- words that are so overused that they are not only annoying, but devoid of meaning. For example:

guesstimate
tony (as an adjective)
paradigm
multicultural

This reminds me of the other day, when I saw a colorful sign that must have taken a few hours to do up in PowerPoint, advertising a 'Cultural Awareness Meeting'. Without missing a beat, I quipped to a couple of coworkers "We put the 'cult' in 'cultural awareness'". Cracked them up. Still, the walls have ears, and in my oh-too-PC office I have to be careful whom I joke around.