The Weekly Ten: The Most Annoying Phrases EVER

September 14, 2009 - 9:00 am By Melanie - Northeastern University
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I’m a huge fan of lists. Not to-do lists or grocery lists or my “list” (you know which one I’m talking about), but lists of things with bold faced sections that I can read through quickly and have a little chuckle. Or lists where I can vent my pent up frustration that I have been holding onto for years in hopes that the people at the root of that frustration will see the list, change their ways and make my life a whole lot more pleasant.

And that is what’s happening here. There are some people out there – lots of them – who say some pretty annoying stuff, so this week I’m gonna lay out the 10 most annoying phrases of all time. If you say any of these things, please stop. If you constantly say them all, please never come near me. Especially if I’m holding anything sharp.

10. “Just Sayin’”
End every sentence with this, really. Like I didn’t know you were saying something.

9. “On the real”
No. No. Not on the real. It’s been real, “on the real”. For real

8. “What the hey”
So cheesy, Chester Cheeto can’t even deal.

7. “Catch ya on the flip flop”
What does this even mean? Other than the obvious: don’t be my friend.

6. “Rock and Roll”
It’s time to go. Not time to Rock and Roll. Unless you want to smash up a hotel room and do lines off of supermodels, but I’m pretty sure you’re just telling me it’s time to leave the mall.

5. “No offense but…”
What I’m about to say is going to be strongly offensive.

4. “Double Yew Tee Eff, Oh Emm Gee or Bee Tee Dubs”
Really? Spelling out AIM acronyms in real life?

3. “I totally changed. It’s like I did a complete 360.”
So you spun in a circle? Good for you.

2. “Anyhoooooooo”
Self-explanatory.

1. “Literally/Essentially/Extensively”
First of all, why is it that anyone who uses these phrases uses them at the wrong time? Example: The days flew by, literally. Really? Did the days LITERALLY FLY BY? The days sprouted wings and fluttered away from you? Secondly, you are not intelligent just because you begin every sentence with “Essentially.” Don’t want.

What are some of your least favorite phrases/words?

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  1. Brittney says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200910:35 am 

    I hate when people overuse the adjective awkward. I also despise the phrase “That’s so awkward.”

  2. Natsumi says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200910:35 am 

    “Whatever” “Suuure” “If you say so”
    Anything childish in reply to something meaningful pretty much!

  3. Kelly says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200911:34 am 

    “Real talk.”
    ughhhh

  4. Ness - Sheridan says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200911:45 am 

    “Boyf”
    Really!? Boyf? Who came up with that?

  5. Ditto says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200911:45 am 

    The 360 thing and incorrect use of the words “literally” and “I” (when they hypercorrect and should actually use “me” in a sentence) annoys me.

  6. Melanie - Northeastern University says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200912:17 pm 

    Brittney,
    I SO agree with you on the “Awkward” thing! Way overused. Totally should’ve put that in the post. Great call.

    M

  7. Melanie - Northeastern University says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200912:18 pm 

    Ness,
    I’m kinda guilty of saying “Boyf.” Don’t hate me!

  8. Melanie - Northeastern University says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200912:18 pm 

    Ness,
    I’m kinda guilty of saying “Boyf.” Don’t hate me!

  9. Casey says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20091:30 pm 

    Natsumi, I use those when my boyfriend yells at me in an argument. Yelling or shouting never warrant a substantial response, in fact it’s the quickest way to get someone to just shut down completely and just start ignoring you.

    So I use them so he’ll acknowledge that I’m not listening to him until he calms down.

  10. Casey says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20091:32 pm 

    I’ve never heard the “boyf” thing but I think If I ever heard someone use it I would punch them really hard.

  11. Oh Em Gee That Is SO PRESH! says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20092:00 pm 

    I LOVE THIS ARTICLE!!!

    “Whatev” “Presh” “Ridic”… you get the point. If you aren’t intelligent enough to use entire words, don’t speak… really… you don’t sound cute, you sound ignorant/lazy

  12. Lisa S. says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20092:54 pm 

    Talking with other people with significant others, it seems a popular thing to say to your partner when they seem even the slightest bit upset is “Calm down.” No, I was calm, now your douchebaggery has me much less calm and a little closer to punching you in the throat.

  13. shari says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:06 pm 

    i HATE when people use “literally” incorrectly! it’s one of my biggest pet peeves!

  14. D. says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:11 pm 

    What about “obvi” and “fabu”? Who the hell came up with those?

  15. Sarah says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:21 pm 

    I hate “Calm down” or “Chill out” because most of the time I’m not even freaking out. I also DESPISE when people say “at the end of the day…” to sum up what they were just talking about.

  16. Angie Marie says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:34 pm 

    Sketch.
    Sketchy.

  17. lynn- says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:54 pm 

    Totes. Last time I checked, this was the plural form of a large bag, not an abbreviation that doesn’t fit well grammatically in most sentences.

    “That was totes awesome!”
    say it out loud. it sounds silly.

    Thanks, “I Love You Man”, for this ridiculous word.

  18. Miriam says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20093:58 pm 

    I can’t stand it when people say “ridonculous” instead of “ridiculous” or any other f-ed up permutation of a word that would sound perfectly fine the way it was. Ugh.

  19. casie says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20094:50 pm 

    “Chillax”.
    ugh. all it makes me think of is laxatives.

  20. Emily says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20096:39 pm 

    ‘hella’ drives me insane

  21. lucia says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20098:45 pm 

    who came up with adorbs?

  22. timdawg43 says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 20099:41 pm 

    How about “it is what it is”? If that’s true then it isn’t what it isn’t, or wait, is it?

  23. Sarah says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200910:17 pm 

    I get annoyed when people say ‘cute’ to everything. No you don’t think it’s cute that your boss yelled at you in front of the store. I understand that you’re being sarcastic, but do you have to do that every other sentence?

    This guy did something douchey, cute right?
    No.

  24. B says:
    Mon, 14th Sep 200910:26 pm 

    Word shortening… “whatevs, presh, sitch, boyf, obvi….etc” they’ve all been mentioned.

    Oh and “EPIC FAIL” seriously, when did the World of Warcraft geek speak become popular? ugh!!

  25. bystander says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 200912:52 am 

    You left out the worst -ly offense of them all…basically. I scored higher on my Math SAT than your combined score, but yes, please, whatever you’re about to say, dumb it down for me, keep it basic…

    On the other hand, I’ve said, “Let’s Rock,” but I’d like to believe it was said with a touch of irony…

  26. bill says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 20097:18 am 

    i haate when people say irregardless instead of regardless, is that even a word? it’s a double negative

  27. Mary says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 200910:46 am 

    I hate when people say “Yeah, no.” Which is it? Also, it seems that everybody is saying “Really?”, as in, did they really just do that? It’s REALLY annoying.

  28. me says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 20095:53 pm 

    “absolutely”

  29. me says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 20095:53 pm 

    “awesome”

  30. m says:
    Tue, 15th Sep 20098:07 pm 

    “Cool”. That word is ready for retirement. It’s less articulate than “hmmm” at a dinner table. It’s a grunt of communal recognition. Cool. Cool. Cool.
    Let’s see what life’s like without it.

  31. Dafra says:
    Wed, 16th Sep 20094:54 pm 

    Sarah: thank you! all the “chill out/ chillax/ relax/ calm down” expressions make me feel like I am stuck in an episode of laguna beach, only worse. And Melanie, you forgot about “Duuuude!”

  32. Emma says:
    Thu, 17th Sep 20092:02 am 

    Random.

    “she’s going out with him? that’s so random.”, “why are you talking to randoms?”, “and then he randomly walked out of class.”

    It drives me insane. It was cute 5 years ago.

  33. Dia says:
    Thu, 17th Sep 20094:55 pm 

    in S.California the bois say “low-key”, “high-key” like its not ones business

    && “trippy” & “dank” are used to describe EVERYTHING, last time i checked trippy wasn’t even a word

    BUT i do admit i say B-T-dubs only on occasion

  34. victoria says:
    Fri, 18th Sep 20095:09 pm 

    I hate when people say, “I know, right?” That doesn’t make a bit of damn sense.

  35. Yvonne says:
    Fri, 18th Sep 20095:52 pm 

    I hate it when people end stuff with single word sentences or fragments. “Don’t want.” is baby talk, and “Best. Friend. Ever.” does no more for emphasis than just saying it.

  36. Darwin says:
    Sat, 19th Sep 20097:57 pm 

    Hey, I actually like “Just saying.”

  37. Su says:
    Sun, 20th Sep 200912:08 am 

    I love “i know right” when its used in a sarcastic sense. like when somebody says something stupid and you just say I know right and walk away. But when ppl say it just to be cool then it annoys me. lol I know, RIGHT?!?!

  38. FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com says:
    Tue, 22nd Sep 200912:01 pm 

    I use #1, #5 and #10 on occasion.

    But I don’t care. :) I don’t over use it, and once in a while it isn’t a huge issue.

  39. melody says:
    Tue, 22nd Sep 200911:19 pm 

    I hate when someone uses the word “listen” in response to something and then have nothing to say

  40. Annoyed says:
    Wed, 23rd Sep 20098:52 pm 

    “I know, right.” Really? You know? Great. Good for you.

  41. naomi says:
    Tue, 29th Sep 20095:50 pm 

    wouldn’t you be exactly where you started if you did a complete 360?

  42. Berris says:
    Wed, 30th Sep 20092:17 am 

    When people say “basically,” it usually means they don’t know what they are talking about. Also, I think using “WIN” at the end of every facebook post is stupid.

  43. Jill says:
    Thu, 3rd Dec 20096:30 pm 

    unfortunately, i have used a lot of the abbreviation ones, but (as i tell myself) i started out using them sarcastically/ ironically and it morphed into a terrible, terrible habit

  44. Феликс Сычев says:
    Wed, 23rd Dec 20099:12 am 

    Любопытно, а продолжение будет?

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