Obnoxious phrases and sayings...

I'm going to add three:

1) just sayin' (particularly virulent now)

2) Look, .... (usually used by politicians to start a sentence)

3) At the end of the day, .... (also frequently used by politicians)

 

This is the big one I hate! My coworker uses it all the time and all I wonder is, "Why wait until the end of the day...make it happen now or care about it now or...whatever now stupid!" A bit out of context but you get the point.

How about finishing a sentence with, "...know what I mean?"

Or how about when someone (usually in the business meetings I am in) says "finally,..." and they go one for another hour. Does that qualify?

 

'At the End of the Day . . .' - WSJ.com

Great quote from the article:

"At the end of the day" has certitude, finality and a hint of righteousness. But it's cheap and it's stale. No surprise that every talking head, politician, sportscaster and game show host lunges for it like a linguistic life preserver. Uh-oh, running out of time, need to quickly summarize, but need something conclusive, something that will cut off any further debate . . . Aha! I've got it!

 

"Behind the 8-ball" when the meaning is "behind the curve".

Phillip

 

"No offense but..."

 

"Push the meeting up" when they mean to postpone. Other say it when they mean to make it sooner then originally scheduled.

 

Git-r-done

I appreciate that, but . . . (Verbal Judo)

The term "professional" used in any form of self explaination.

Any form of speech modeled after rap music. (I-ite)

 

"I'm sorry but..."

"I'm sorry you..."

Either apologize or don't apologize, but please don't use the guise of an apology to absolve yourself or insult me.

 

"...the six..." (instead of touchdown)

"I know, right?"

"Just sayin'."

 

I'm guilty of saying "definite possibility". It is a ridiculous oxymoron that I need to drop!

 

"He's earned that right."

I work in an industry in which the only way to be admitted to the upper echelon is through family connections. I know, I know, that's what everybody says, but in auto retail, this is a generally accepted fact. A dealer doesn't work harder than me, is not smarter than me, and has no inherent "rights" because of his last name.

I assert that a more accurate statement would be:

"He has that privilege."

But that would be to acknowledge their humanity. Taboo, I know.

 

Here's a truly wonderful cliche-filled parody of a generic network evening news:

YouTube - Charlie Brooker's How to Report the News - Newswipe - BBC Four

 

That's hilarious!