Just Curious......

If you could prevent one person from usin one annoyin word or phrase, who and what  would it be?

Comments

[annette]

I can't say that I'd like to stop anyone from saying anything ... it brings great comedy relief. heh.

[Stella]

I want to stop every single teenager from using the word LIKE so many times.

it is LIKE so very LIKE irritating.

[Cecilia]

My sentiments are with Stella. Teenagers love using LIKE to bridge their sentences together LIKE this because it's LIKE so cool, y'know?

[Hope]

Burned beyond recognition.

Hope

[Animesh]

Hello.
As in.. "Hello... That's how it works"
Or "Hello..Don't you get it?"

[Nina]

Can't think of a person, as these phrases are used by so many. But the most irritating to me are "24-7" and the hello thing.

[Norman]

Hello, Michele sent me. But who to stop? Hmmm....

[michelle]

i would stop people from saying "my bad."

can we do this? do we have the power?

wow! my day just got a whole lot better! lol

[The Mad Tech]

Everyone in the world that uses "Dude" every freaking 5 seconds.

[Cat]

Oh heavens! There are so many expressions I try to stop my daughter from using. "It's not fair" ranks right up there. And recently "You don't love me" anytime I correct her or don't let her have her way.

[Kathy]

put your hands together...you know what I mean...my bad

It just bothers me to be told when to clap!

[Tee]

The one that jumped right to mind was "I don't know". This is the reply *anytime* I ask my son... "*Why* did you *do* that??" "I don't know.." is the usual response. How can you *NOT* know every time??

There is one other one (that just came to mind.. can we have two?) :) "Think outside the box.." Maybe I'm very happy *inside* the box, thankyouverymuch! Every time I turn around someone is saying this, no matter the situation.

Why? I don't know. :)

[suzanne]

I can't stand when people say "aint". Nothing makes you sound more ignorant. "aint" and what about when people say " I seen it yesterday" you seen it? ugh.

[nat]

Like, I ain't got a dang thing to add, dude. I'm soooo not adding anything to this. I got your back. What's the shizzle?

[Jenny]

Good Morning Michele!

I would strike the word "DAWG!" from the English language without a moments hesitation.

What about you? What word or phrase would you do away with?

xx Jenny

[Anti]

I'd stop most of my readers using the waord "twat" and "cunt" to describe me, and I'd stop myself using those words to describe them.

Cheers!

[alektra]

Anything that is an offensive slur toward a group of people. Most likely the "n" word, no matter who uses it. There are a great many people who fought for dignity and deserve to keep it.

[Shannon]

May I just add my 2 cents?

I would strike the word "whatever"! from the vocabulary of teenagers around the globe.

First off, it's like ...."like" annoying...second...it's the non-vulgar way of saying f$*k you.

Yeah, found this out when I had a staff of teenagers working for me when I was a diningroom manager.

I eventually got even. Every time a server said "whatever" they got the worst clean up assignments. If they rolled their eyes at the same time? Ooooooo...they so totally got fired.

Life was good then. It also taught them not to say whatever!

[Super Sexual Leper]

plumber...

Just irritates me.

[den]

i think i want ppl to stop using the word "bodoh"
it's a malay word. try to figure out what it means.

[Chana]

Well, I'm not sure if this counts but I don't like it when people say "dude.." to me.
Umm, excuse me? I am so NOT a dude!
What is up with that??

[natalie]

all the students in my classes use the word 'mad' too much.
they say: 'man, miss t., that test was mad hard', etc.
haha! i acutally just heard one say, 'here, josh, take a sheet of paper cause i have mad notebooks'

he has mad notebooks?! grrrr.

[honestyrain]

there's this guy my husband hangs out with. we'll call him scott because that's his name. he says too much of everything all the time but is especially fond of a few phrases that drive everyone nuts. here are two examples

do what you do
is what she be

he will offer these gems four thousand times in a five minute phone call.

please have them struck from the english language. i know you have the power.

[Amber]

ummm...

[kimbofo]

At the end of the day . . .

[Kimi]

I hate the phrase "....and whatnot" used after every sentence. What the hell is that supposed to mean and whatnot? :-)

[Megan]

Not a word so much as a phrase: It drives me insane when I hear TV reporters say things like,"The daughter of President Bush." Why can't they just say, "President Bush's daughter"?

It's like, mad annoying, dude.

[Jazzy]

The N word. I can't even say it. I HATE this word. And I would stop everyone from using it.

[Aldon Hynes]

Maybe I would try to get Michele to stop saying, "Just Curious......"

[Shannin]

Right now, it's all about "business-ese."

Too much on my plate

I don't have capacity (can't you just say you're busy?)

Customer-centric or customer focused

De-employement (downsizing)

"Say what you mean, and mean what you say."

[dingo]

I would strike the phrase "wicked" and send everyone in the New England area to "R" class... that's right folks. It does exist in the English language.

I would also strike "anyways"... it is anyway, not anyways.

[Amanda]

"You're Fired"- give it a rest please!!

[Hot Karl]

again, to easy...that stupid fucking "Git-R-Done" thing stopped being funny 45 seconds after the first time it was uttered.

and by the way, my other personality "Phil" sent me....although I don't know why

[ben]

Mine come from WAAY to much surfing of Google news:

"Went missing"

Okay, the child did not "went missing". The plane did not "went missing" You get the idea. It's bad english. It all started when Chandra Levy vanished and they needed a way to talk about it (really, that was the year it started, somebody has done the research) and now it is everywhere.

and

"On the ground."

'We need to have more resources on the ground.' Okay, folks, this is almost a cliche now. I'd like to have more money 'in the bank' but you don't hear me talking about getting more 'resources on the ground,' do you? No. Say what you want. All this 'on the ground' nonsense just clouds up what you are saying.

[Amanda]

"Oh! My! Gawd!" Not for religious reasons...it’s just annoying. My step daughter and her best friend use it all the time.

[Catt]

"Like" is the new "ummmm," so I don't think we'll stop that anytime soon. Dude is annoying, especially when my kids call me that.

But I think I would most like to stop my teenage son from answering everything with "Fer Real" and/or "I know right?" *sigh*

[Principessa]

YOU GO GIRL!

[Marie]

When someone says "Long story short..." then proceeds to tell an excruciatingly looooong story.

[Andrea]

Anybody saying "Anyhoo....."

[Müzikdüde (John)]

"Take your hand off my ass"

[Shannin]

"The tribe has spoken."

[Last Girl On Earth]

My least favorite word is "CUN*"...as in a woman's "C". I refer to it as the "C" word. I can handle ALMOST every swear word, but this word is evil and should never be spoken!

[Kevin]

"state-of-the-art"

I know what it means, but it still doesn't make sense.

[Sol]

Taxes.

[Meredith]

These two phrases instantly turn me off to any further relationship or conversation with said person...

1. I'm the kind of person that... (Are we really separated into KINDS of people. The KIND that likes to laugh and the KIND that doesn't... UGh.)

2. With my luck... (Even if you do have the WORST luck, I'd rather not hear how you deem yourself cursed.)

[MZM]

With Ben on this one..."Went Missing" for goodness sakes what a dreadful choice of words...No one "goes" missing...Went shopping, went swimming, went driving...NOT "went missing"
And it did start with Chandra Levy

[Spring]

I like "like," "dude," "whatever," etc, but I do agree that it would be nice if racist words went away. I can dream.

Here's a phrase I've noticed since I started joining things online communities: "voracious reader." This is the phrase I hate. Everyone's a frickin' "voracious reader." If you were a "voracious reader," you would have read enough other words to find a synonym for "voracious."

Oh, yeah, other words I like that I'm sure others forgot to mention they hate: frickin', freakin', and the all mighty F word. That word can be used as a verb, noun, adjective--how economical!

[Dana]

CRAP!

It just sounds so crappy.

[Garnet Girl]

I'd stop everyone on the internet from using the non-existant word "alot." (Kudos to those of you who already refrain from doing so!)

[Christine]

I hate the saying "it is what it is". I don't know why, I just hate it.