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Apparently Oxford has an excess of funds this year. In addition to adding “bootylicious” to the Oxford English Dictionary (this pains me more than you could know), they have also come up with “The 10 Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language”
Sadly, they didn’t look in their own dictionary, to find bootylicioius and add it to the list, but I do agree with many of them. Their list includes:
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
Many are annoying, yes… but is this really the top 10? How can “I personally” be there, and “irregardless” and “bootylicious” (Or any word ending in “licious” that doesn’t begin with “de”, “si” or “ma” be excluded? If you read the comments, there are MANY other more annoying phrases, in my opinion.
What are your most hated phrases and / or words in the English language?
maria said:
Long story short.
sixofclubs said:
Nice!
sixofclubs said:
I have to add “Circle back around”. although I think this one is developing into a post about BS phrases used in corp world.
Christy said:
A-whole-nother. Personally, I’ve never seen nothers in any other portion than whole.
bluesphinx said:
Words ending in ‘Holic’.
Shopaholic.
Spendaholic.
Workaholic.
Chocaholic.
I don’t know about you, but I for one have never heard of the drugs, Shopahol, Spendahol, Workahpl, or Chocahol.
Also any words describing a scandal that end in ‘…gate’.
‘Squidgygate’-this according to the British press of the time referred to the Princess Diana tapes in the UK.