The researchers who compiled the list monitor the use of phrases in a database called the Oxford University Corpus, which comprises books, papers, magazines, broadcast, the internet and other sources.
The database alerts them to new words and phrases and can tell them which expressions are disappearing. It also shows how words are being misused.
As well as the above expressions, the book's author Jeremy Butterfield says that many annoyingly over-used expressions actually began as office lingo, such as 24/7 and "synergy".
The top ten most irritating phrases:
- At the end of the day
- Fairly unique
- I personally
- At this moment in time
- With all due respect
- Absolutely
- It's a nightmare
- Shouldn't of
- 24/7
- It's not rocket science
Can you think of any more? Please leave them in the comments section.
5 comments:
There's one more phrase which would annoy any sane person and that is 'HORROR'.
It has been recently used in my presence a lot of times especially by the young and i find it very irritating.
Whatever and really.
watzup
Took me a long time to get used to girls calling each other bitches as though it's a good thing.
as we speak
As we speak
OMG
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