What are your top 10 most hated or overused words of all time?

by Tristan Lee

Posted: 15 years ago 33 replies

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Tell me what are your top 10 most hated or overused words of all time? Words that sometimes you see them you just look away or want to vomit(P.S. Whoever is a husband, it might not be a good idea to put "wife" on the list

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Mine are:

1. guarantee
2. article
3. marketing
4. PPC
5. economy
6. depression
7. high
8. quality
9. content
10. can't

I'm interested in finding out yours! Also feel free to explain why next to a word if you must. I put can't because too many people say I "can't" do it. It's so overused!

What is your top 10 list?

#hated #overused #time #top #words

Star69

15 years ago

Try this one: "back in the day..."

I HATE that! Back in the day, huh? What day? Last Tuesday? Or was it Friday? Which day exactly was that?

It's got to be one of the dumbest sayings!

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fypnlp

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Star69

Try this one: "back in the day..."

I HATE that! Back in the day, huh? What day? Last Tuesday? Or was it Friday? Which day exactly was that?

It's got to be one of the dumbest sayings!

I detest 'at the end of the day...'
Also don't like 'you get me?' and 'you know what I'm saying'

The next is very UK specific one...

anyone who ends an expression to indicate someone was going on and on about a topic the statement

'rah-rah-rah'.

My 20 year old niece uses that expression. I just look at her puzzled and think 'god what happend to the english language?'

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Michael Motley 15 years ago

'like'

nothing irritates me more than a person that uses like for every other word in their sentences.

or people who drop their t's when they speak

or people that end every sentence with inflection that makes it sound like a question
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Curt Dillion 15 years ago

Yep, there are a couple of common usage phrases I have a problem with. Thing is, they weren't upside down when I was younger. They are a product of the last 20 years, or so.

1. "I could care less," when they mean, "I couldn't care less." If you could care less, it must be somewhat important to you.

2. "You have to take the good with the bad," when they mean, "You have to take the bad with the good." If you're in it for the bad, you should be complaining when it gets good.

Pretty stupid when you think about it.
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- strategic 15 years ago
  
  devastated....!
  
  What on earth is going on nowadays that whenever something minor goes wrong, people are 'devastated'..... excuse me, but this word is just sooo abused.
  
  absolutely..!
  
  Remember when it seemed that every answer to a question, especially to TV interviewees and salespeople, was prefaced with "Absolutely! and....."
  
  axsed...!
  
  What is going on with people no longer able to speak English.... I asked....
  
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  Barbara Eyre 15 years ago
  
  "killer"
  
  GAWD! I hate that word in marketing. It's so immature to say "killer this" or "killer that".
  
  I can hear a teenager using it to talk about the latest video game graphics ... but a business owner using it in a product title or in copy?
  
  Another is using "ah" or "um" everything other word in a sentence ... it's pretty common around where I live. It's like they have to hunt for every single word they use in a sentence. It's bizarre I tells ya! :p
  
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dorim 15 years ago

Unless you've been living under a rock
Who else wants to
That being said
Cliches - I don't like cliches at all.
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Patrician 15 years ago

"awesome"
"absolutely"

over-used.

"no problem" - used in place of 'you are welcome' when someone says 'thank you' - who said anything about a problem? It makes it seem like they were being imposed upon and did something under duress...
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- chandni.dossani 15 years ago
  
  'i swear', people use this all the time, do they really mean to swear.
  
  'i know' - i ve come across people who use this in every sentence, and it actually irritates me.
  
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  Kay King 15 years ago
  
  "That's what I'm talking about"....repeated ad nauseum
  
  If you were talking chances are I know what you were talking about....If I don't know, then, no - I don't know what you are talking about. Further, I probably don't give a crap.
  
  "the kind of person I am" - by the time you say this, I usually have it figured out
  
  "ax" for "ask" - it's a three letter word. How hard is that?
  
  The only phrase in IM that is like nails on blackboard for me is "who else wants to...."
  
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TeddyP 15 years ago

-My bad
-Guru
-People who put right at the end of their sentence...I know, right?

Besides that I don't really care.
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- Killer Joe 15 years ago
  
  newbie
  newbee
  nube
  nuby
  nubie
  pnuwbee
  pnubie
  guru
  gewrue
  gooroo
  
  And any other silly words that start with the letter ~.
  
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  chaumi 15 years ago
  
  Doesn't really annoy but I'm noticing it more and more...
  
  It's a phrase so may not be exactly what you mean...
  
  As used numerous times on this forum....
  
  ''I can't believe you didn't price it higher''
  
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ptone 15 years ago

Two that I hate are:

"leaving money on the table" - used (overused) in IM sales letters

"exactly" - used in conversation when someone agrees with what was just said
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rtrotter 15 years ago

Like Michael, like too many people like use like.
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- KimW 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by rtrotter
  
  Like Michael, like too many people like use like.
  
  Like, i knew that.
  
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KimW 15 years ago

sick
or
that's sick
yaadda yadda yadda
or
blah blah blah
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NikNikAndCauliflower 15 years ago

"Epic!"

"Riding the fail train!"

And just anything that makes it sound like they don't actually know what the words they're speaking mean:

"All intensive purposes" - umm, no.

I used to know this guy that would say "that was lol", which he thought meant it was cool. Like he'd watch the footy, and whenever someone did something good, he would yell out "lol!" like he was a schoolgirl.

This is kind of different - but people who go out of their way to WrIt LiEk THiS. I saw a mother at the library doing that kind of jazz on her Facebook page, setting a great example for her daughter next to her, haha.

Or how about when people repeat back what you just said, but as a question.

You: "I just bought a new car!!!!!!"
Them: "You bought a new car??"

No, I was just saying it as a joke.

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dlwebb610 15 years ago

I've only got 1: Terrorist
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Slyknight 15 years ago

Mines are...

-Raped
-Owned
-Pwned

if you are not familiar w/ these words, they r video game terms (mostly online) ppl to described defeating their opponent real bad.

oh and..

"as a matter of fact.."
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- jlxsolutions 15 years ago
  
  Oh definetly a thanks for reminding me of this video
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  Hmm had to slice it up a bit but i,m sure you know how to patch it together
  
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valerieSONORA 15 years ago

One word-w00t or woot-however you wanna spell it. AAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
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artwebster 15 years ago

"Increase your sales by x% - xx%"

If you don't make any sales - this is an easy claim to make and prove!
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Patrician 15 years ago

"LOL"

OOOOver used and I am embarassed to say I am one of the guilty ones.

say hahahaha heehehee heheheheh yuk yuk yuk teehee giggle giggle

and I can't stand it when people keep saying 'ok? or 'you know'' after everything.

special hate on 'like' - particularly when I hear teenagers doing it with that look that says, I am so cool because it's like I can't quite make a statement because everything is 'like' something. you know like what i mean it's like so gnarly, like gag me with a spoon.
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- JSantiago 15 years ago
  
  Trust Me. I oftern find when someone says trust me a lot you very oftern find that you cannot trust them at all.
  
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  Mike Wright 15 years ago
  
  twitter
  blog
  as a loyal subscriber blah blah blah
  referring to an ebook as a software product
  
  Currently, the use of "redaction" in the UK when
  they actually have "censored" stuff in a deliberately
  disingenuous manner ...... aaargh
  
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HeySal 15 years ago

You got it Mike - twitter is driving me nuts - everything is a twitterism on there.
Anything that starts or ends with twit anything is now on my crap list.
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Chris Drinkwater 15 years ago

"Cliches - I don't like cliches at all."

Spot on!! I avoid cliches like the plague
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opportunity_kno 15 years ago

this post reminds me of this:

words can be annoying! especially in this way:

YouTube - Voice Talkers
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sfnum8 15 years ago

Online word is the obvious "lol" and offline is "My Bad"
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TeddyP 15 years ago

Oh I forgot to add when people add Pseudo before anything.

Or when people call a movie pretentious without knowing what it means.
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