The top ten most irritating phrases: (in no particular order)
1 – It’s not my fault that…
2 – Should of
3 – Not Necessarily
4 – Have some common sense
5 – No offense
6 – I don’t have anything against [specific group of people]. In fact, many of my friends are…
7 – Grow up
8 – Some people say
9 – Using the word ass as an adjective instead of a noun
10 – I’m sorry
Here are some brief thoughts concerning my list:
- This is usually followed by a situation in which the speaker was the only person who could have changed the outcome
- if you don’t get it, I refer you to here.
- This phrase is used solely to contradict you and only for the purposes of contradiction so the other party can sound like they are actively participating in an intelligent debate.
- This is only ever muttered within the context of hindsight.
- If you’re going to insult me, don’t be such a pussy about it.
- Annoying because you are acting like you’re not bigoted towards that particular group of people.
- This phrase is only ever used by children in playgrounds and high school students trying to assert a dominance of maturity over the other party.
- You don’t really mean some people, you are expressing your own opinion but trying to hide the source
- example: Sweet ass Car.
- People say I’m sorry instead of ‘Excuse me’ or ‘Pardon’. It’s even worse when somebody starts over half of their sentences with this phrase.
I thought it would be fun to pass this list around and put our own ‘favorites’ on it. I’d like to see what others think. If you don’t have your own blog, feel free to copypaste the list into the comments section of mine and share your reasoning behind some of your choices or why certain phrases particularly annoy you.
If you make a list, feel free to link to it in the comments.
The original list came from here, via Marginal Revolution.