Words and phrases the world would be better off without...

[First Speaker]

...meme, media narrative, algorithms, "so you're one of those who..."--yes, I almost invariably am--analytics, bottom line, kill ratio, shock and awe, AI, work ethic--hey, everyone, let's take it easy for awhile--semi-automatic, designated hitter, replay booth, Republican Party. Just for starters. Feel free to add your own...

[lapfog_1]

1. "Look..."

and now "Orbit" when talking about members of the Crime Family

[Turbineguy]

2. paradigm shift.

[First Speaker]

3. Yes!

[sprinkleeninow]

59. 😫

[samnsara]

4. settle down

[petronius]

5. "Mash-up" - I hate that word

(although I'm starting to use it more often...)

[Ohiogal]

6. "Fake News".

[JDC]

7. Unpack, relitigate, unprecedented.

[unblock]

8. Having said that

[Cirque du So-What]

9. 'However...comma...'

Every time this supercilious coworker says 'However...comma...', I want to say 'I know there's a fucking comma! You don't need to enunciate it! It's implied!'

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. "It is what it is."

I seriously want to smack anyone who says that to me. I think they think it's profound. It's not. It's stupid.

[SCantiGOP]

37. But what if it actually is what it is?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

39. Alas, usually it's not.

[MaryMagdaline]

40. Hate that phrase!

[NightWatcher]

11. Touch base

[sprinkleeninow]

60. I posted this down thread.

'Down thread' also irritates me.😝
Not really!

[3catwoman3]

12. "It takes all kinds." One of my 95 yr old mom's favorite rejoinders...

...when I am bitching about idiots. Whenever she says that , I always reply that I think there are several "kinds" we would be much better off without - racists, misogynists, ignoramuses, evangelists, theocrats, deplorables, etc.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. "At the end of the day." What's wrong with "finally"?

"Cray cray."
"Amazeballs."
"Awesome sauce."
"I can't even."

[sprinkleeninow]

56. At the end of the day...sets my teeth on edge.

I've posted before. You listen attentively to a guest on (Charlie Rose for example before his demise) a program and you are absorbed in the smart stuff they're saying THEN, "at the end of the day yada yada"....I yell at the TV. "Done here!". Why do dey do dat??? 😖 I can't even. 😘

Begins EACH AND EVERY SENTENCE WITH: "SO......" 😭

[defacto7]

14. This OP has just about eliminated the whole American language.

[sprinkleeninow]

61. We can't say ¿⊙75"!%+℃ any longer.

[sprinkleeninow]

62. Well that dint come out write either.

[Leighbythesea]

15. At work

"Manage Up"

[7wo7rees]

16. Optics

Should be:
Representation
Way it looks
Spin

[The Genealogist]

17. "reach out"

This is my current pet peeve. My boss will say something like "reach out to Janet, and see if she can help clear up this point of confusion." I hear other managers in the organization use this phrase too. It sounds overly dramatic in this context. When I think of how the term has been historically used, it is in a statement like "The Red Cross is reaching out to the community in the wake of the hurricane" or "The US is reaching out to its allies for support on the UN resolution."

In the everyday work environment, why not just say "call Janet" or "e-mail Janet?"

[TBA]

31. Oh and circle back Blech!

[DashOneBravo]

34. Same here

They usually say too “ I’ve got something to share with you “

What like 5 year olds?

[Still Blue in PDX]

41. "Reach Out" should only be used in the context of a song by The Four Tops.

[Grammy23]

18. Hes getting over his skies.

Well, for one thing, if you have never skied, you might not know what that implies. And whoever said it first probably thought they were being clever. Here’s a flash. It’s not.

[hibbing]

19. "wins the internet" n/t

[doc03]

20. "My bad" "Drop the mic"

[Freedomofspeech]

53. I hate "my bad"....sounds so stupid.

[Wolf Frankula]

21. Bigly

deplorables,

[SCantiGOP]

38. And a basketball variation:

To describe the post players as "the bigs." I heard it early in the season, and now everyone uses it. I find it incredibly irritating.

[subterranean]

22. "Just sayin'."

[Wounded Bear]

25. See reply #19...

[sprinkleeninow]

63. Guilty as charged. 😇

[uriel1972]

23. "President Trump"...

scuttles off to the corner...

[MissMillie]

24. "Whatever"

no better way to say I don't give a rat's ass about what you're saying.

If there's ever going to be some sense that we all care about each other, then "whatever" has to go.

[MaryMagdaline]

26. Think outside the box

It is what it is

Baseball: walk off homer. Sorry. Just no need

[SCantiGOP]

36. walk off homer?

describes an event in 3 words. Can you do it in less than a sentence without that phrase?

[cos dem]

27. Thoughts and prayers.

[llmart]

28. When someone is asked a question...

and they begin their answer (every answer) with the word "So".

The word "curate".
The phrase "no worries".

[sprinkleeninow]

64. Amirite?

[malchickiwick]

29. "Family Values"

[TBA]

30. No Problem- I just annoys me.

[helmedon1974]

32. Mass shooting....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. Starting a sentence with "Yeah," or "So,"

or "Yeah, so, " or "So, yeah, "

And just for the hell of it:
Gaslight, safe space, literally, trigger, whatever

[SCantiGOP]

35. "Boom"

Don;t know why, but it irritates the crap out of me when someone starts a thread here with Boom!
I hate clickbait stunts, like all CAPS or some misleading phrase in the subject line like "This is huge.....

[LeftInTX]

47. Yes!!!!

When I see a post that begins with "Boom!", it never is a bombshell. Or when it begins with "Busted", no one is ever busted.

[Still Blue in PDX]

42. Ya know what I mean? nt

[uriel1972]

43. As long as...

the stakeholders are not impacted, we should be okay

[uriel1972]

44. sorry...

The relevant stakeholders...

[Wolf Frankula]

45. Academic and Sociological definition.

or as I call it, whackademic and sociopathical definition. It means 'whatever I say it means.' Sorry, you're not a big egg sitting on a wall.
F-word, N-word, r-word and more. What the fuck is this, first grade? Ahhhhhm, you said the f-word.

Wolf

[LeftInTX]

46. Peace-out

I still don't know what it means.

Does it mean, they want to get rid of peace?

[rurallib]

48. Anything that is used to obscure a loathsome concept. Today I heard the word "neutralize"

meaning to kill or wound an attacker. Neutralize sounds so precise, clean and surgical. Whereas using real words would bring in mental pics of blood and gore.

I know there are lots of other words used to hide reality.

[Skittles]

49. "we need to talk"

:shudder:

[marlakay]

50. Whatever!

[Kath2]

51. God

[Siwsan]

52. "Awesome!!!!"

I absolutely cringe every time I hear someone use that word as a hyperbolic descriptive for, well, everything.

[Freedomofspeech]

54. "Duh"

God, I hate that.

[MustLoveBeagles]

55. Uhoh

I'm guilty of saying most of these.

[sprinkleeninow]

57. Got another one "Just wanted to touch base with you."

Owww. 😨

[AJT]

58. Fiscally conservative, socially liberal......

just say libertarian.

[NBachers]

65. "Put this behind us" and "Flash Mob" and the lame throw-away "Sorry" when they're not "sorry."