What words really irritate you?

"IDK." If you don't know, then don't answer. But mostly it annoys me when young women/girls say it before giving their answer as a way of not asserting themselves. Although I would like to see them be more "empowered" I am seriously irritated by the word "empowered" for its overuse.

I also agree with Shaz about the cliches. My least favorite is "out of the box." Yech. It makes me cringe. And "on my plate." I also can't help wonder why Shaz used so many innappropriate commas in the well thought out answer. Was that a joke?

Also, I hate "orientate" instead of "orient" and "Literally" when someone is actually speaking figuratively. "I ate like 20 slices of pizza last night! Literally, man!"

I work in an office so business buzzwords make me crazy: pushing the envelope, face time, processes, platforms, facilitate, mission and "radar" as in "we'll keep that on our radar."

This is a really good question. I could go on forever. (But not literally.)

Any cliché is irritating - as a cliché is an over-used word or phrase, that has lost it's original or true meaning.

People use 'disrespect' when they actually, mean someone has been rude to them, or they have been upset. So it has lost it's original meaning.It is now a cliché.

'Keeping it real ' is an idiotic term , which normally is used when people run out of things to say. However it should mean something is not artificial or fake. But it seems to be used for everything that isn't Michael Jackson's face.

'Go with the Flow' is another lazy way of saying" I will follow the majority as I can't think for myself". However when people use this phrase, they seem to be proud they are following everyone else blindly.

"Take a chill pill" a cocky way of saying "I am irritating you and I know it. So I will use a terrible rhyming cliche to make it look..... as if you are the one with the problem, when it's actually me".

There are so many clichés , I could be here all day. The general principle is the more clichés, someone uses, the poorer their vocabulary and grammar, as they are not actually saying what they mean. It also demonstrates, they have the inability, to construct a sentence of their own.

In higher and better level, English Papers the use of clichés are banned or the student is marked down if they are used. This means a lot of people fail English as they fail to be able to convey their own thoughts.

Pet Peeve:

The use of the word "racist" when speaking about discrimination of people for their country of origin or religion. People, Mexican is not a race. Muslim is not a race. It's discrimination, and it's bad, but it's not racist! I've even heard this from top journalists on CNN and other major new networks. It's such a buzzword that it's losing it's meaning.

I also hate when any "urban" words are used by advertisers and soccer moms who think they're being cool. Bling, Ridonkulous, adding -izzle to the ends of words, just to name a few.

The above answerer made me think of people who say revocated, instead of revoked. As in, "I got too many tickets, so they revocated my license." REVOKED!!! I have heard social workers, people with advanced degrees for goodness sake, say this.

I do not like the word "potential". Some people feel that hearing they've got "potential" is a compliment. But I feel it's something people say if they have no other way to describe someone that just really is never/will never get to the place they are trying to get to. I don't know if that bothers anyone else, but it bothers me.

I hate how people overuse LOL all the time. It's so irritating!

I also don't like the term "passed away". Just say the person died, for pete's sakes.

I also don't like the words penis and vagina. They just sound gross. I much prefer the words wiener and crack.

The word sublime! But I'm not sure why? I agree with you about the whole disrespected use!

I agree with many on here - especially "racist".

But what irritates me most often in people's use of language is the incorrect use of "I" and "me" when used in plural subjects and objects.

Paul and me went golfing. (yet nobody would say "Me went golfing.")

You should have said that to Paul and I when we were there. (nobody would say "You should have said that to I when I was there.")

Why does it get so difficult just because Paul got involved?????

RACIST!! That is one of the most overused annoying words i have ever heard! And it really irritates me! Its crap everyone has been discriminated against at one time or another for something so get over it! just because i don't like you its not because you are white, black, african, haitian, arabian, indian, fat, skinny, lazy, ugly, etc. Its just that i don't like U!

(Thanks for the question it felt good to vent!)

Hearing mispronounced words. Like NUCULAR (or how Sarah Palin kept saying nuclear on the vp debate).

Seeing misspelled words. See almost any question in Y!A.

Any of the former two make me crazy.

sure some. a sentence that incorporates "each and every" in it. as an occasion "jaime lyn spears in basic terms had a woman descendant and each physique is speaking approximately it". somebody informed me that immediately. and that i became like "i'm no longer speaking approximately it" and he or she became like "nicely each and every physique is" and that i became like "i'm no longer so i assume 'each and every physique' isn't". she reported i became extraordinary for that. Hmm this is impossible for "each and every physique" to talk concerning the comparable ingredient. our minds do no longer artwork like that. each and every physique skill ever single person on the face of the earth. i do no longer think of osama bin weighted down cares approximately what what jaime lyn spears is having. So i assume no longer "each and every physique" is speaking approximately her. I hate while human beings say each and every physique is or each and every physique is conscious or each and every physique would be there or each and every physique loves it... this is stressful. and incorrect.