Tired and annoying worn out phrases that bug you:

[Sequoia]

adding.."lions, tigers, and bears, oh my"...at the end of sentence.

"On the other hand"

He "hails" from such and such a place

"From the get-go"

"That being said"

"Looking forward"

[DS1]

1. How's that working for you?

[Arugula Latte]

2. "Don't go there"

"Ya think?"

The worst is "Heellllooooo? Earth to ____" :eyes:

[cutlassmama]

3. "and what not"...it absolutely drives me up the wall

[petronius]

4. "Talk to the hand" and "Post 9/11"

Two examples that don't really go together, but they both irritate me...

[SacredCow]

21. "talk to the hand" has been updated....

"Talk to the booty, 'cause the hand's off-duty!"

[achtung_circus]

5. Meme. nt

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Oh, how clever - the anti-meme meme.

:P

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. "At the end of the day"

"Let's drill down through this agenda"

:banghead:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. You Go Girl!

I will get out my pistola the next time I hear someone say that...

And if they add that dance that looks like they are stirring someting in a big kettle? I will use the pistola.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. "Thank you", "Let me get that for you", "Please, you go first"

Since Republican-led America gets further and further away from being an etiquette-based society, and since so many liberals seem to believe that expecting a modicum of politeness is to force one's values on another, we might as well take these tired old cliches of courtesy and throw 'em out the fucking window, and replace 'em with, "Geez, is that all?", "I'm not your fucking slave", and "I was here first, fucker".

:sarcasm:

[Colorado Progressive]

12. ...

:rofl: "I was here first, fucker"

[Deja Q]

10. "Like, yeah", "gag me with a spoon", et cetera...

[SteppingRazor]

20. You actually know people who still use those phrases?

I mean, I actually lived in The Valley in the 1980s, and even I never heard anyone say "Gag me with a spoon," unless they meant it with some sort of irony :shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

11. 'Think outside the box' 'Speak truth to power' 'hold their feet to the fire'

:puke:

[Colorado Progressive]

13. "Leverage existing resources" nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. "Oh. My. God." (with all three words seperated by pauses)

Also, "Oh myGod" with the last two words combined.

If you're going to take the Lord's name in vain, people, at least try not to sound like a 1980s Valley Girl.

[_testify_]

15. All of those...

plus:

'Let's touch base' or 'touch base with me tomorrow'

It's a chickenshit way of making someone else responsible for reminding you to do your own damn job.

[NightWatcher]

16. "touch base". just say "call you" or "see you"

[johnnie]

17. "That's the bees knees"

And
"Dig this daddy-o"

[EstimatedProphet]

19. 23 Skiddoo, small change!

[Crazy Dave]

18. "Dude" n/t

[hisownpetard]

22. "If you will." (Oh, yeah? Well, what if I WON'T?) nt

[Swede]

23. "I heard that."

nt

[av8rdave]

24. anything that's "life affirming"

[formerrepuke]

25. "War on terror..."

[hedgehog]

26. President Bush

[Brigid]

27. 'You're helping the terrorists . . ."

or, "that's just what the terrorists want," or some other varation thereof. :eyes:

[bbernardini]

28. "Suck it up."

I remember hearing this one in high school. It annoyed me then, and it annoyed me more when Dave Matthews used it years later in one of his tunes.

Now excuse me while I prepare for the onslaught of Dave Matthews fans who think I'm an idiot for questioning his lyrical abilities.

[rug]

29. Good on you.

[Bzzzz]

30. "Well Quite Honestly"...

my boss says this constantly. Drives me up a wall!!

[driver8]

31. "outside the box" -- I hate that fucking expression. n/t

[flvegan]

32. "Want to see my beautiful, naked breasts?"

Gawd but I hear that SOOOOOO often.

[Dr. Strange]

34. Note to self...

must spend more time with flvegan.

[regularguy]

33. "nuff said" gives me the willies.

Maybe I think there wasn't "nuff" said, eh?

[Tyler Durden]

35. "Paridigm shift"

[madinmaryland]

36. "I'm not opposed to that, but...."

Well either you are or are not!! :wtf:

[jgraz]

37. "The fact of the matter is..."

[Rambis]

38. "make plays"

I have decreased my watching of sports exponentially because of this phrase. I have not watched ESPN in years (10+)- Right around the time they stopped being a sports channel and went into "comedy"

[Perry Logan]

39. "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."

[Left Is Write]

40. "That being said" was the single most overused phrase on Big Brother this year.

It seemed to have been said at least once or twice every episode.

[AlCzervik]

41. "(insert non rock stars name here) is a rock star!"