Yes. Well. Right.: 200 Words and Expressions That Annoy You

2008-09-05

200 Words and Expressions That Annoy You

@ (instead of "at")

actually

added bonus

ain't

aks (instead of "ask")

all I’m saying is

all-new

alot (instead of "a lot")

appropriate and inappropriate

asterick (instead of "asterisk")

ATM machine

at the end of the day

at this point in time

awesome!

baby bump

back in the day

back to you at the studio

basically (as a sentence adverb)

beautiful (a favorite of real estate agents, writers of travel brochures, and Martha Stewart)

been there, done that

between you and I

birthing

bling and bling-bling

boots on the ground (News readers, politicians, military men, congressmen, bureaucrats--they’re all guilty of this idiotic tautology.)

bottom line

breaking news

breaking weather

buy one, get one

cain’t

change (political talk)

comprised of

couch potato (favorite phrase of the woman whom my husband left me for)

could care less (instead of "couldn't care less")

crisis

cruisin’ for a bruisin’

cutting edge

decimate (to mean the total annihilation of something, rather than a tenth)

defensing

definly, defaly, and definally (misspellings and mispronunciations of "definitely")

devastated (as in "I was devastated," meaning I was very upset)

different than (instead of "different from")

dog do-do

dress it up and dress it down

drill down (as in "look further into a situation or document")

dude

due to the fact that

efforting (instead of "making an effort to find")

empathetic (instead of "empathic")

end result

Enjoy! (as used by waiters and writers)

estate homes (when describing new housing developments with 1/4-acre lots)

exact same

ex cetera (instead of "et cetera")

executive driven (when referring to used cars)

expresso (instead of "espresso")

facilitate

fire me off one

fixin’ to

folks

fresh baked bread

from day one

from now (redundancy after time phrases, as in "The game starts in 20 minutes from now")

future plans

give 110%

Give it your best.

going forward (as in "We will adopt the new policy going forward”)

go out there (sports talk)

got (using "they’ve got" instead of "they have")

graduated college (instead of "graduated from college")

ground zero (for the shabby start of any project or idea, as in “I’ve been hungry for pizza from ground zero, dude”)

guesstimate

guys

harm's way

has (for "have," as in “There’s been two accidents”)

Have a good one.

Have a nice one.

healthy food (instead of "healthful food")

hisself

hopefully (and other so-called sentence adverbs)

*Hugz!*

hunker down

I (as in “The gift was given to Tom and I”)

ID (for "identify" and "identification")

I’d like to be perfectly honest

If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!

I mean

I’m going on break now (instead of "I’m going to take my lunch break now")

I’m just saying

I’m not gonna go down that road

I’m not gonna lie

impacted (instead of “affected,” as in "The delay impacted our project")

incent (an example of corporate-speak)

infer (instead of "imply" when the meaning is "to suggest")

In my opinion I believe

irregardless

irrespective

I seen

issues

iteration (used in ways that have nothing to do with math)

It is what it is.

It’s heavenly.

I’ve came

just as soon

keep everyone in the loop

keepin’ it real

lab-ul (for "liable")

Leave it be.

like (as abused by the young)

likely (as in "The senate will likely spend tax dollars on . . .)

literally (as in "I was literally at the end of my rope!” when there is no rope)

load shedding (instead of "blackout")

LOL

make no mistake

market basket of goods and services (when used to calculate the consumer price index)

me and him (as in "Me and him are going to the movies")

mitigate (instead of "militate")

momentarily (instead of "in a moment," as in "The plane will land momentarily")

move forward

must have

my bad

near miss

next steps and best practices (examples of corporate mindshare speak)

no problem (instead of "you're welcome")

nucular (for "nuclear")

Nuff said.

of (for "have," as in "I should of . . .")

oh (instead of "zero"--especially in telephone numbers)

okay

on accident (instead of "by accident")

one less (instead of "one fewer")

OMG

on the same page

over-achiever

paradigm shift

parent (as a verb)

PIN number

preggers

prioritise/prioritize

proactive

Punxatawney Phil (a phailed attempt at alliteration)

pushing the envelope

raising the bar

reach out

reiterate

repeat again

return back

sackerfice fly (sportscaster-speak for "sacrifice fly")

shoulda

situation

so . . . (instead of a period at the end of a sentence)

spend the night

stand on line (instead of "stand in line")

stood in bed (“I shoulda stood in bed,” instead of "stayed in bed")

Sup? (instead of "What’s up?")

supposibly

team player

temper (as in "He has a temper")

temperature (instead of "fever," as in "I have a temperature")

there, their, and they’re (commonly confused)

That’s what she said.

thing (when used instead of something more specific)

think outside the box

think the unthinkable

This tastes refreshing.

those that (instead of "those who" when speaking of people)

to be honest with you

tolerance

tons (as in "tons of stocks")

troops (when referring to individual soldiers)

24/7

uhhh

umm

Understand what I'm saying?

undocumented workers (instead of "illegal aliens")

unique

unsweet tea

up or down vote

upmost (instead of "utmost," as in “I have the upmost confidence in your abilities")

utilize (instead of "use")

veggies

very (as in "very overwhelming")

very unique

vision (political talk)

vow (instead of "say")

wait on (instead of "wait for")

whatever

whatever it is

What were you thinking?

whenever (instead of "when")

Where are you at? (instead of "Where are you?")

Where is it at?

without further ado

would of (instead of “would have”)

yell-o (instead of "hello")

You feel me?

You follow me?

You got gas?

you know

You know what I’m saying?

your and you're (commonly confused)

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