Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases

Telegraph UK ^ | 11-7-08 | Charlotte Bailey

[RockinRight]

I hate when people say what they had for lunch and use the name of the restaurant as if it were the name of a food item...i.e., “I had Taco Bell for Lunch.”

Unless you have an appetite for bricks and mortar, it’s more likely you had food (if you can call it that) from Taco Bell for lunch.

[SouthTexas]

I’m more fed up with historical election/moment/whatever.

It should be “hysterical”.

[vetvetdoug]

1. irregardless
2. Hisself

[driftless2]

brings to the table
I have a full plate
a sea change
throw under the bus
big time
work cut out for

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I suppose “shouldna” is right out, then.

[Revolting cat!]

This thread is, how should I put it, uhm, ‘amazing’, ‘incredible’ !!!!!!!!!

[Poser]

Thinking outside the box
E-Ticket ride
Push the envelope
Change the paradigm
Most importantly
Utilize
Sustainability
Rubric
White paper
Foci
Appreciative inquiry (if you haven’t heard this one, thank your lucky stars)
Organic (when used on something not organic)

[Poser]

5. “Oh, no she di’int!”

You must be from Rhode Island.

[N. Theknow]

1. Think outside the box.

2. A good read.

3. Grow a business.

4. Could care less.

[Cincinatus]

"World-class"

"stakeholders"

"synergy" and "synergistic"

[Revolting cat!]

Barbra Streisand Bingo! (Other variants exist out there.)

[windsorknot]

consensus of opinion; ...if memory serves me correctly.;...could care less.

[Doohickey]

“Chang we can believe in”

Followed closely by

“My friends”.

[Tax-chick]

LOL! Good job!

[mmichaels1970]

as per

[ctdonath2]

“could care less”

(Well good, glad you think at least _that_ highly of the idea...)

[envisio]

slow moving connection cost me 2 seconds.

[OB1kNOb]

No, sadly, it’s heard down hear in the south too.

[count-your-change]

Here are the ones I hate to hear:

Will that train miss us?

Gift certificates from Weasle Jack's Tattoo Parlor are not accepted for the meal.

The janitor looked at your x-rays and HE thinks it's benign.

Honey, What did the mechanic mean when he said the engine “ate a piston”?

No, your policy doesn't cover that..or this...or this.

[kaylar]

I am so g.d. tired of people who think it’s cute or clever or witty or whatever delusion they suffer from, to spell ‘probably’ as prolly. It’s stupid , asinine, and unoriginal. And everyone pronounces it prob bab lee anyway, so what’s the bloody point behind the ‘prolly’ spelling?