I like to think of myself as a glass half full kind of person, but there are a lottt of things that bother me. Whether it's the individual actions of people or the rules that govern our society I'm easily annoyed. What better place to vent some of my frustrations than right here. Below are 10 words/phrases that are overused, outdated, and annoying. I'm sure I could add about 50 others, but these have really grinded my gears of late.
Occupy _____ - Just stop now. Please. No one is laughing. I’m even at the point where I’m against something this mock tweet, “Taking a 20 minute dump at work. #OccupyTheStall”
I’m just saying- I hatttte when people say this phrase like it admonishes them of saying something dumb. “I’m just saying” is not a legitimate excuse for being a tool (also an overused phrase). Plus, I heard you say what you said so saying “I’m just saying” does not reinforce your point it just reinforces how stupid your original comment was. A guy at work (who is actually a real cool dude) says, “I’m not saying. I’m just saying,” allll the time. Which one is it?
I hope all is well- I used to say/write this all the time until my buddy Matty K told me how much it bothered him to see other people use it so freely. I have since tried to stay away from using it because I agree that it’s overused, meaningless, and annoying. Matty K recently emailed me this tweet from comedian Colin Kane: @ColinKane When writing emails today, I challenge you to replace "Hope all is well" with "Fuck off and choke on a dick."
Wait, really?...Really?- Yes. Don’t act so surprised. Your faux disbelief is about as annoying as how I just used the word faux.
Literally- Unless you’re Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) from Parks and Recreation I suggest that you stop using this word altogether. I hate when people say/write the word “literally” mainly because it’s rarely used properly. It was once used to add a hint of sarcasm while embellishing. For example in the phrase, “I could literally eat an entire cow right now.” Saying “I could eat an entire cow right now” is an embellishment and adding “literally” implies that you’re serious, but you’re clearly not. The effect of this sarcasm wore off more than a decade ago. Unfortunately under educated people still use “literally” in instances like this and it bothers me greatly. Saying, “I literally want to kill myself right now” means that you’re suicidal. Just write what you really mean. “I’m really upset about something (that’s probably innocuous) and I want my friends to give me comfort.”
It is what it is- I’ve definitely used this phrase to signify my passive acceptance of something, but it’s lazy and unoriginal. Saying “it is what it is” means that you either don’t have the power to change something or that you don’t have the mental capacity to form an opinion.
Can I get a RT?- This is just flat out embarrassing. It’s like begging for pity. Why don’t you think of something witty to say to a celebrity that you follow on Twitter and hope that he/she re-tweets it. I dislike this desperation tactic so much that I'm adding it to my hate list.
Like us on Facebook- I like nothing on Facebook unless someone I know keeps asking me to like a company they run or work for.
Thrown under the bus- It’s amazing that this phrase is used so broadly when everything nowadays has to be politically correct. It’s used so often that no one stops and thinks about how graphic the image of throwing someone under the bus actually is. We’ve become desensitized to it, but still cringe if someone says something like, “Kicked the chair out from underneath him”.
Gone viral- We need a new phrase to explain how a story/video/tweet/etc. has made the rounds on all media platforms because I’m done with this one.
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May I also suggest:
"All of a sudden." - People have taken to using this even when things happen gradually. Sportscasters are the WORST. Listen to Sportscenter, you will hear it at least 4 times an hour. As in, "They were down 21 in the first, but all of sudden, in the fourth, New York was up 4." Yeah? All of a sudden they outscored their opponents by 25 points over the course of the last 3 quarters? That's how sudden it was?
"Can I be honest with you?" - What were you doing before?
"(Story)-gate" - The Watergate scandal took place almost 40 years ago, yet we still throw on the word "-gate" any time we want to demonstrate that something is a scandal, but are too lazy to come up with a creative name. If it doesn't stop soon, I'm going to murder-gate someone.
LOL - Enough, ok. Odds are that most people have only LOLed at about 1/53 of the things they claim to have. The phrase means nothing at this point other than, "I acknowledge your joke as being a joke, but I am not creative enough to follow up with a joke of my own to contribute to your attempt at comedy."
"The ONE thing you couldn't do." - You can narrow it down to one thing, huh? "The one thing you can't do is take the bridge during rush hour." What about kicking a cop in the nuts, eating a live bald eagle, and holding your breath for 18 minutes? Those are all things you can't do. If I shouldn't take the bridge, just say that I shouldn't do it. But don't go telling me I can do anything else I want and get away with it.
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