Words you hate.

[CD]

prenup

guacamole (even worse, when food service folks shorten it to "GWAHCK" — blech)

[zamyrabyrd]

"at the end of the day" tacked onto statements by politicians, a frequent intruder on blab shows

"disclaimer" stated or implied as in "radiation levels increased by 1000% but (disclaimer) no danger to human health at this time....

[CD]

"at the end of the day" tacked onto statements by politicians, a frequent intruder on blab shows

http://www.youtube.com/v/48HUdzoKiPA

[Szykneij]

http://www.youtube.com/v/48HUdzoKiPA

But who was the father? ?  ?  ?

         

(at the end of the day?)

[CD]

But who was the father? ?  ?  ?

         

(at the end of the day?)

favorite part:

"At the end of May..."

*uncomfortable silence*

[Octo_Russ]

Like used instead of um or er on every tenth word.

Dumb as in "you're dumb", meaning stupid, there are those who cannot speak, and are properly referred to as "dumb", but the other use of the word now sounds like they're stupid as well.

Shucks what the hell! 

Pants! especially as a soft swear word.

Booger as something that comes out of your nose 

I'll list some more if i can think of any.

[zamyrabyrd]

Ha, ha, I didn't know I picked a winner!!! (In the youtube clip, "day" sounds like "die" to an American.)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html

These were compiled by the Oxford University Corpus. (I wonder if "exploding a myth" got in there. I find the use of "corpus" fairly quaint. Also I find "with all due respect" fairly useful.)

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

[karlhenning]

Reflexive repetition of the phrase whether it be.

[Cato]

"Make no mistake!"

"Let's be clear!" or "Let me be clear!"

Uttered often by a certain politician these days who keeps making mistakes and who should actually embrace clarity now and then!   0:)

But he should avoid embracing Clare!   

"Debacle" grates the tympanum, although at certain ironic times it might be appropriate.

"App" for application needs a stake driven through its p-p!   

[Florestan]

"Make no mistake!"

Yes, this is particularly annoying to me as well. Bush Jr. was especially found of it. 

[Cato]

Yes, this is particularly annoying to me as well. Bush Jr. was especially fond of it. 

It has become a tic for politicians across the board, local and national.

In my Latin classes, we talked about the "Imperial Plural" today in reference to a story about Domitian.

I was reminded of Richard Nixon, who at times referred to himself in the third person.

e.g. "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more!"

How annoying is that?   

[sospiro]

Since when did 'going forward' mean 'in the future' ?

I'm not the only one

[Grazioso]

It has become a tic for politicians across the board, local and national.

In my Latin classes, we talked about the "Imperial Plural" today in reference to a story about Domitian.

I was reminded of Richard Nixon, who at times referred to himself in the third person.

e.g. "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more!"

How annoying is that?   

Bob Dole provided comedians with lots of material by doing that.

[Florestan]

In my Latin classes, we talked about the "Imperial Plural" today in reference to a story about Domitian.

I was reminded of Richard Nixon, who at times referred to himself in the third person.

e.g. "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more!"

How annoying is that?   

As a former Florestan / Eusebius split personality, I can testify that it is sometimes confusing. I mean: boy, did I really want to say / post that? Not quite, but since I did say it, then it must be someone else than my current personality. 

[Cato]

As a former Florestan / Eusebius split personality, I can testify that it is sometimes confusing. I mean: boy, did I really want to say / post that? Not quite, but since I did say it, then it must be someone else than my current personality. 

Florestan / Eusebius are some of the best names to have, if you subscribe to schizophrenia's advantages.   

My subscription has never run out!   0:)

[Ten thumbs]

From here on in

Is this somehow different from 'From here on out'?

Why not simply 'From here on'? or perhaps better 'From now on'.

[The Diner]

"Pimp" as in "writers pimping their work."

[karlhenning]

You object to the noun being verbed?

[zamyrabyrd]

You object to the noun being verbed?

It happens all the time...
http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/verbingfaq.htm
In a single work day, we might head a task force, eye an opportunity, nose around for good ideas, mouth a greeting, elbow an opponent, strong-arm a colleague, shoulder the blame, stomach a loss, and finally hand in our resignation. What we're doing with all those body parts is called verbing--using nouns (or occasionally other parts of speech) as verbs.

Verbing is a time-honored way of coining new words out of old ones, the etymological process of conversion (or functional shifting). Sometimes it's also a kind of word play (anthimeria), as in Shakespeare's King Richard the Second when the Duke of York says, "Grace me no grace, and uncle me no uncles."

Example: I have never been prenupped, nor ever intend to be!!!

ZB

[zamyrabyrd]

But who was the father? ?  ?  ?

         

(at the end of the day?)

Give him until the end of the week
or at least the end of the month...