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Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English Language

November 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

No, it’s not just you. Those overused phrases are irritating. Here are the top 10 most annoying as compiled by the University of Oxford, and as reported in Wired:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It’s a nightmare
8 - Shouldn’t of
9 - 24/7
10 - It’s not rocket science

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  • 1 jyoseph // Nov 11, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Haha, nice list. It’s a fairly unique list, I personally don’t use any of these but I know some that do 24/7.

    :P

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