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Annoying Words

Seriously Annoying Words, Like 'Fiscal Cliff' and Whatever

Tony Phillips | Posted 03.04.2013 | Weird News
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Tony Phillips

The thing about annoying speech is that it comes in more than the adolescent variety. It's easy enough to pick on the youth, because for one thing, they're idiots. But idiocy knows no age.

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WATCH: The Most Overused And Abused Word

Zoë Triska | Posted 05.12.2012 | Books
Read More: Language, Rachel Zoe, Literally, Lit Videos, Language Videos, Annoying Words, Video, Lit Vids, Books News
Zoë Triska

Don't you feel like the word 'literally' is literally overused? People just like to throw it in there to give their sentences pizazz. Also, many people don't seem to know the difference between 'literally' and 'figuratively' so let's discuss that now.

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Poll Finds 'Whatever' Most Annoying Word, Three Years Running

Reuters | Posted 02.15.2012 | Weird News
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying "whatever." Words like "you know" and "like" might be irritating to...

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Can You Make It 24 Hours Without Saying These 3 Words?

GOOD | By Ben Jervey | Posted 08.17.2011 | Books
Read More: Amazing, Aggravating Words, Unholy Trinity, Annoying Words, Ridiculous, Awesome, Books News

The other day, I decided to go 24 hours without using the words “awesome” and “amazing.” A few hours later, I upped the ante and added “ridi...

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A Compilation Of The Most Irritating Words/Phrases Ever

nytimes.com | RACHEL NOLAN | Posted 07.26.2011 | Books
Read More: Irritating Phrases, New York Times, Pet Peeves, Kurt Anderson, Words We Don't Say, Annoying Words, Irritating Words, New York Times Magazine, Books News

The Times magazine staff enjoyed readers' response to our post about Kurt Andersen's "Words We Don't Say" so much that we posted an unabridged list of...

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