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My vote would be for "phenomenal". Dictionary.com defines it as "highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional". I would describe Sarah Palin's speech as phenomenal, or perhaps the turnout for Obama's coronation last week was phenomenal. But, when a co-worker called the chips and salsa at a local Mexican joint as "phenomenal"....I'd had enough.
Another pet peeve is "conversation". People don't talk, yak, shoot the breeze, kibbitz, or BS anymore. They have "conversations". Irritates me to no end.
This thread is probably going to jump the shark.
Casual Conversations ~Supertramp
It doesn’t matter what I say
You never listen anyway
Just don’t know what you’re looking for
Imagination’s all I have
But ever then you say it’s bad
Just can’t see why we disagree
Casual conversations how they bore me
They go on and on endlessly
But no matter what I say
You ignore me anyway
I might as well talk in my sleep (I could weep)
You try to make me feel so small
Until there’s nothing left at all
Why go on? Just hoping that we’ll get along
There’s no communication left between us
But is it me or you who’s to blame?
There’s nothing I can do, yes you’re fading out of view
Don’t know if I feel joy or pain
And now it’s all been said
If you must leave then go ahead
Should feel sad
But I really believe that I’m glad
Yes I really believe that I’m glad
I would nominate “not so much” as THE most overused phrase...........
Gosh when I picture the guy with the power point I think of the word “paradigm”. Every harebrained scheme that makes no sense is breathlessly touted as a “new paradigm.”
Actually, I think Actually is Actually the most overused
word in the English language.
Look, the fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, this thread is divisive.
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When I used to have to go to those stupid meetings, “think outside the box,” and “core competency” were the two big phrases.
Used to drive me nuts!
If you don't like the word you probably don't know what it means or how to apply it to your life.
1/3rd of Hussein’s speech attacked McCain. Nobody on the Republican side even came close to that percentage.
I think you just need “closure”
Well, at the end of the day, my vote would have to go to, well, “at the end of the day.”
Yes, I know that’s not a word, but I don’t care. Back in the day, when I was a young pup —
That’s another one that drives me nuts! I must be day-a-phobic or something...
My pick is the generic, empty, overused word “cool”. It seems as though just about everything today is described as or advertised as being “cool”. If everything is supposedly “cool”, then what exactly does “cool” mean?
My current least favorite phrase: "It is what it is."
The most overused word of all times...
Love
You’re talking about ordinary people...doing extraordinary things!
Conference calls where the first fifteen minutes are spent asking, “Who just joined?”
I can’t stand referring to everyone as “stakeholders”.
Is “at the end of the month” 30 times more powerful than “at the end of the day”?
