What is the most annoying word/phrase? - Page 2 - Brown Cafe

fethrs · 10-09-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

YouTube - Jim Carrey: Most Annoying Sound In The World!

Dude..... that was bad.

UpstateNYUPSer · 10-09-2009, 05:52 PM

Bad see also San Diego Chargers

ajblakejr · 10-09-2009, 06:19 PM

Does this make my a@@ look big?

cachsux · 10-09-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ajblakejr

Does this make my a@@ look big?

(drools)

ajblakejr · 10-09-2009, 06:46 PM

I'm having a bad hair day.

ajblakejr · 10-09-2009, 06:48 PM

paper or plastic?

City Driver · 10-09-2009, 07:11 PM

green

fethrs · 10-09-2009, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by UpstateNYUPSer

Bad see also San Diego Chargers

Be nice Upstate..

Bad, bad to the Bone
or one of my favs
I Was Born To Be BAD

moreluck · 10-16-2009, 04:01 PM

"WHATEVER" VOTED MOST ANNOYING WORD

(Oct. 7) -- So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of "whatever" in conversations. The popular slacker term of indifference was found "most annoying in conversation" by 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a Marist College poll released Wednesday.

"Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which especially grated a quarter of respondents. The other annoying contenders were "anyway" (at 7 percent), "it is what it is" (11 percent) and "at the end of the day" (2 percent).

"Whatever" — pronounced "WHAT'-ehv-errr" when exasperated — is an expression with staying power. Immortalized in song by Nirvana ("oh well, whatever, nevermind") in 1991, popularized by the Valley girls in "Clueless" later that decade, it is still commonly used, often by younger people.

It can be an all-purpose argument-ender or a signal of apathy. And it can really be annoying. The poll found "whatever" to be consistently disliked by Americans regardless of their race, gender, age, income or where they live.

"It doesn't surprise me because 'whatever' is in a special class, probably," said Michael Adams, author of "Slang: The People's Poetry" and an associate professor of English at Indiana University. "It's a word that — and it depends how a speaker uses it — can suggest dismissiveness."

Adams, who was not involved in the poll and is not annoyed by "whatever," points out that its use is not always negative. It also can be used in place of other, neutral phrases that have fallen out of favor, like "six of one, half dozen of the other," he said.

But the negative connotation might explain why "whatever" was judged more annoying than the ever-popular "you know," which was recently given a public workout by Caroline Kennedy during her flirtation with the New York U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. "You know," Adams notes, is a way for speakers to seek assent from others.

Pollsters at the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., college surveyed 938 U.S. adults by telephone Aug. 3---Aug 6. The margin of error is 3.2 percentage points. The five choices included were chosen by people at the poll discussing what popular words and phrases might be considered especially annoying, said spokeswoman Mary Azzoli. "

Hoaxster · 10-16-2009, 07:12 PM

Enhancement

Dis-organized Labor · 10-16-2009, 07:26 PM

The worst and the term most used at the airline is: :In Terms Of"

Dis-organized Labor · 10-16-2009, 07:28 PM

Oh, there's another one: "With Respect To"

Harvard Business Daily ran an ad called "Smart Talk" and these phrases appeared.

In terms of "goodbye": Goodbye...............

fethrs · 10-16-2009, 07:34 PM

[QUOTE=moreluck;617729]"WHATEVER" VOTED MOST ANNOYING WORD
That is my choice but I find myself using it when someone is bugging me about something over and over.

SLeDHeaD · 10-17-2009, 03:10 AM

"Hot enough for ya?"

BLACKBOX · 10-17-2009, 04:33 AM

irregardless.

negrosangre · 10-17-2009, 08:01 AM

Go for it.

OldUPSDriver · 10-17-2009, 10:04 AM

"I've got a headache"

dilligaf · 10-17-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by OldUPSDriver

"I've got a headache"

Aaaah, poor baby.

fethrs · 10-17-2009, 01:21 PM

You go girl, that drives me up the walll..oooh, you go girl wooo. ugh!

dilligaf · 10-17-2009, 01:28 PM

You go girl.........................

fethrs · 10-17-2009, 02:07 PM

Ok, just wait.....payback's a b*tch

dilligaf · 10-17-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fethrs

Ok, just wait.....payback's a b*tch

Hmmmm, does that mean you are going to come and find me?

ooooh mud wrestling

Big Babooba · 10-25-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by fethrs

You go girl, that drives me up the walll..oooh, you go girl wooo. ugh!

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Originally Posted by dilligaf

You go girl.........................

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Originally Posted by fethrs

Ok, just wait.....payback's a b*tch

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Originally Posted by dilligaf

Hmmmm, does that mean you are going to come and find me?

ooooh mud wrestling

Instead of mud could you make it pistachio pudding?

Hoaxster · 10-25-2009, 09:01 PM

Because IE said so.

tunemixer · 10-25-2009, 09:04 PM

How about when you see somebody in a store or walking down the street. They say to you.
Hey, How you doing ? But don't stop to see.They just keep walking.
I realize its a form of a greeting. But you don't wait to see why ask?

Or better yet. Ever listen to talk radio. The caller will say Hi Charlie how you doing? And the next caller and just about every caller waiting will ask the same thing. They have been on hold for an hour. Didn't they hear Charlie say he was fine? Does it need to get asked by everybody waiting?

Now when ever I see somebody I know. I usually just say Hi or Hello. That way I don't need to know how the are doing. Or I might just say before they say anything.
Good And U?