Awesomely Irritating!

 

Feel free to add to my list…

January 2, 2008 — britishginger | Edit

This morning I read an article about an “official” list of banned words. The list seems to be a popular one from what I’ve read, but I’m just glad someone had the idea to create it. Here’s my list. Feel free to submit your own.

Awesome! Does anyone, anywhere, use this word the way it was meant to be used?

“Can I help who is next?” When you’re in a queue and the clerk calls out, “Can I help who is next?” (Elspeth made me aware of this grammatically-challenged gaffe.)

Did I say challenged?

Challenge: I said to someone recently that I found something to be a problem. “Oh, we don’t have problems anymore, we call them challenges,” he said, with a condescending smirk. I responded with a phrase from my own overused list… “Gimme a ******* break!” (I agree with the person who said, “Challenges only have to be met. Problems require solutions.”)

Like: So well-liked that it’s used, like, between every other word. I can’t, like, speak without it.

Make No Mistake: Georgie-Boy made this one (in)famous.

Sweet! I like that widget. Sweet!

Alcohol Related Drunk Driving: Alcohol may be related to drunk driving.

Supposably: And all along I thought it was supposedly…

Wears Many Hats: Just say she/he is talented, has a few jobs, or talents. I SO despise this phrase.

So: This is, like, so overused in daily conversation. A fine example is in the sentence above. (Guilty.)

Wellness: How about health?

Yous or Yous Guys: Wese guys don’t get it.

My Bad: Sounded funny the first one hundred times. Now it’s just stupid.

Trained Professional: I’m fairly certain that my doctor is a trained professional…

Totally! Fer shur!

Irregardless: This impresses me.

Politically Correct: I refuse to explain for fear of insulting someone’s race, gender, or …….

Clearly: What has now become an exclamation made popular with the teenaged set.

Keep it Real:  The coolness never stops.  What do you do with this phrase??

Blah, blah, blah: This phrase lost any humourous appeal it might have had years ago.

Extreme: Select sports have now become extreme, as have deodorants and anti-perspirants, apparently.

Off you go: I’m not a 5 year old.

Touch Base: Can’t we just confirm something? Do we have to touch base, too?

Your Call Is Important To Us: Then have a human answer your phone, not a machine.

Okay? When explaining something, don’t insert okay after every sentence. We understand, okay?

I myself: “I myself just can’t tolerate this inane partnership of words.”

… and I: It may sound clumsy, but sometimes it IS correct to use …and me instead of …and I. “Are you coming over to see Johnny and me soon?” Take Johnny out of the picture. Think about it.

Cool: I predict that in the future cool will be right up there with groovy.

I’m sure there’ll be more to follow.