Overused and empty words

[actor61]

Phrases I just never want to hear again:

 

At the end of the day

In terms of

How did this impact you?

 

and finally,

 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families and friends.

[+ Keith30309]

Ditto!

[LoveNDino]

It's not you, it's me.

[LoveNDino]

Ditto!

Ditto!

[LaffingBear]

To make a long story short

I can relate.

Paradigm.

http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2011-Roosevelt-Dime.jpg

[+ Charlie]

That's amazing!

[+ Eric Hassan]

actually

due to the fact

[+ Billsboy4]

"I'm sorry you feel that way" - what the hell does that mean 'cause it's not an apology?

 

"basically"

[+ azdr0710]

I'll reach out to him

so....

join the conversation

walk it back

skill set

curate

takeaway

morally bankrupt

spoiler alert!

now trending

my amazing girlfriend/boyfriend/pet/job/vacation......

 

I admit I was reminded of some of these by the well-known list of "banished words" put out by Lake Superior State University......the lists go back to the mid 70s and are a hoot.....though this year's list is a bit dull, click on the archive link at left and go back thru all the years.....the short comments are great, too......

 

https://www2.lssu.edu/banished-words-list/

[+ azdr0710]

it's all good

it is what it is

[Moondance]

Kardashian

[+ Topseed]

Thank you so much.

 

No problem (instead of "you're welcome”)

 

Awesome

 

Like

Edited February 27, 2019 by Topseed

[Kevin Slater]

covfefe

 

Kevin Slater

[+ azdr0710]

I know, right?

[Mydavid]

You guys are confusing me. My English teacher always says I should speak these words/phrases/sentences to sound like a native speaker.

[Deadlift1]

Yummy

Masculine

[MikeBiDude]

actually

due to the fact

+1 "actually..."

[Kevin Slater]

Literally. (Which almost never means literally.)

 

Kevin Slater

[+ poolboy48220]

Conversations with my aging and borderline-Alzheimer's father

 

"Stop me if I've told you this before"

"Well, let me back up"

[DiscoveringMe]

I'll reach out to him

 

This!!! Countless articles about this phrase. I said it quite a bit early in my career and had a boss that corrected me every time. Now I cringe when people say it.

https://www.google.com/#q=stop+saying+reach+out

 

But for me, my least favorite word is "unacceptable." It's typically used by those who want to complain but have no solutions to offer. Usually they are left with no other choice but to accept the situation.

[+ azdr0710]

thanks for that link @DiscoveringMe .....very good articles in there!!

[bigvalboy]

Anything "Hashtag"

#annoying

[+ oldNbusted]

Any use of "ping" that isn't defined by an RFC or doesn't involve a submarine.

Edited June 16, 2017 by oldNbusted

[tanman4u]

Literally. The misuse of this literally makes we want to vomit.

[+ oldNbusted]

I forget this classic: