Most overused/meaningless words/phrases in contemporary language

[Spotted Horses]

Thanks!

And I had forgotten that Steve McQueen was in that movie; however, it's been decades since I've watched it. 

PD

I was too young when I first saw that movie and had nightmares for a long while afterwards.

[vandermolen]

'whatever' (usually passive aggressive in intent)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I was too young when I first saw that movie and had nightmares for a long while afterwards.

I don't remember re nightmares...and trying to remember how old I was when I did see it?    I vaguely remember people running and screaming and sort of what the blob looked like (something along the lines of ectoplasm?).

'whatever' (usually passive aggressive in intent)

Excellent nomination! 

PD

[foxandpeng]

Some more...

Skin in the game
The 'optics' of something
Basically
I'm not gonna lie...
I wanted to reach out
'like' as a filler
No disrespect, but...
Going forward
What it is, is
What's it was, was
What it was, is

[Franco_Manitobain]

Crisis

Everything is a 'crisis' apparently nowadays.

They will have to come up with a dictionary word to replace 'crisis' as it has lost its meaning.

[Papy Oli]

"chacun à son goût"


It's "à chacun son/ses goût(s)"


Merci. 

[Spotted Horses]

Skin in the game

I'm not gonna lie, I rather like that phrase.

[Franco_Manitobain]

Unhinged

[Karl Henning]

I was too young when I first saw that movie and had nightmares for a long while afterwards.

Fantastic Voyage did that to me. I've somehow never seen The Blob, but I might could now, out of curiosity.

[KevinP]

unpack

early adopter (or worse, early adapter)

The latter is a marketing strategy to encourage people to buy their products when they first come out so the customers can earn this title and proudly tell everybody they're an 'early adopter' instead of waiting and see how well something works and sells. They really sold a phrase, or rather an idea, into the public consciousness.

[Luke]

unpack

Agreed. However, my niece, a trainee vet, is currently in charge of the midwifery of a group of pregnant alpacas and has enriched my vocabulary with the fact that the birth process of said beast is known as an 'unpacking,' a usage of which I thoroughly approve!

[Karl Henning]

Agreed. However, my niece, a trainee vet, is currently in charge of the midwifery of a group of pregnant alpacas and has enriched my vocabulary with the fact that the birth process of said beast is known as an 'unpacking,' a usage of which I thoroughly approve!

(* chortle *)

[DaveF]

"Thank you so much".

Mostly used by younger people, whose evident politeness I wouldn't want to discourage, but I don't need thanking that much just for holding open a door.

[Irons]

"From the get go" makes my skin crawl. Not keen on "In the end of the day" either.

[Roasted Swan]

In the light of the Season - someone mentioned "gifting" as of particular annoyance.  The usage apparently was; "can I have your address as I will be gifting you something".

[drogulus]

     People shouldn't fuss about overused phrases or words. At the end of the day, it is what it is.

[DavidW]

People shouldn't fuss about overused phrases or words. At the end of the day, it is what it is.

Thank you so much!  There was a lot to unpack here.  From the get go you really gifted us with your words of wisdom.  But at the end of the day, going forward, it is what it is.

[Spotted Horses]

In the light of the Season - someone mentioned "gifting" as of particular annoyance.  The usage apparently was; "can I have your address as I will be gifting you something".

My problem is that if you are "gifting" someone it should like you are going to give them away.

[drogulus]

Thank you so much!  There was a lot to unpack here.  From the get go you really gifted us with your words of wisdom.  But at the end of the day, going forward, it is what it is.

     No truer words were ever said.

[SimonNZ]

"Long story short..." is one that has been annoying me in recent times. I keep hearing it on podcasts where the point of the show, the very format, is to make long stories short.

But its redundant also because any story could be made longer, and concision is one of the natural goals of any communication.

And it sounds like a preemptive apology for lazily misrepresenting a subject.