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Top ten irritating phrases

Most of the ones that drive me nuts are all at work, and my boss has an irritating habit of using words incorrectly just because they sound big and important.
Phrases:
"If you will"
"at the end of the day"
"low hanging fruit"
"run with it"

Words:
Titrate- when he refers to rolling up or compiling data
Triangulate- referring to comparing data or working together on something
 
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I absolutely can't stand it when Kirk Herbstreit name drops an offensive or defensive coordinator's name during a telecast.

We even started a little drinking game because of it. Last week, every time Will Muschamp's name was mentioned, you had to drink. I was faced by the end of the first quarter. USC games are great too because of Steve Sarkisian.

I also get irritated whenever I hear Jim Tressel say, "(fill in the blank) like crazy."
 
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sears3820;1318121; said:
I can't stand it when Rece Davis uses the phrase, "Fightin' (fill in coach's last name," when referring to a college football team.

Ex: Kansas = The Fightin' Manginos

I like Rece. My biggest ESPN peeves not perpetrated by the ex-athlete analysts are Berman's "New York Football Giants," as if we would confuse them with the New York Baseball Giants, and both his and Stewies inability to pronounce "The Raiders" without sounding like they're hurling into a toilet.
 
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sears3820;1318116; said:
I absolutely can't stand it when Kirk Herbstreit name drops an offensive or defensive coordinator's name during a telecast.

We even started a little drinking game because of it. Last week, every time Will Muschamp's name was mentioned, you had to drink. I was faced by the end of the first quarter. USC games are great too because of Steve Sarkisian.

I also get irritated whenever I hear Jim Tressel say, "(fill in the blank) like crazy."


We have the same game for Lachey, and the words "Step Up" he can't go more than a couple minutes without using it in some form.

As far as Tress goes is has to be "and so forth"

I agree on Rece Davis too.
 
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OregonBuckeye;1318195; said:
Didn't read the thread so maybe it's already been brought up but "no offense" after or before you insult someone pisses me off. As if that phrase gives you a free pass to talk shit without getting your ass kicked.
Eat a bag of dicks.

No offense, though.

:p
 
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OregonBuckeye;1318195; said:
Didn't read the thread so maybe it's already been brought up but "no offense" after or before you insult someone pisses me off. As if that phrase gives you a free pass to talk shit without getting your ass kicked.
With all due respect, go fuck yourself.
 
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"needless to say"

Really? If it's needless to say then just shut your cocksucker, and don't say it.

Also, along the lines of what Oregon is talking about, "not to be a jerk, but", "I might get banned for this, but", and "I'm probably going to get bashed for this, but". All of these are usually said right before someone says something that they should be shit on for saying, and they fucking know it, but they don't want to deal with the consequences of their own ass fuckery.
 
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Telephone machine answering:

1) "press 1 for English"

2) "your call is important to us, all of our representatives are busy helping other customers, your wait time is approximately 45 minutes"

3) To better serve you we have changes our answering machine options, listen carefully and answer the following questions carefully, press 1 for.........etc.

If you really wanted to better serve me, just have a real person answer the [censored]ing phone.

After you log in at a dentists/doctors office:

"we'll be with you shortly" or "we'll be with you monentarily"

I always ask them how many actual minutes is shortly and/or momentarily; usually they have no idea.
 
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