Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English Language

by admin on November 9, 2008

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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jyoseph November 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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