The most irritating word or phrase?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1219002/Whatever-voted-irritating-word-English-language.html

If "Whatever" is the most irritating word in the English language by the Americans.

What do you think is the most irritating word and phrase, here in the UK?

Personally I think "Basically" takes some beating, and the most irritating phrase "You know what I mean?"

[mushroom25]

the verb "to say" appears to have been replaced with another, "to be like". so instead of "I said", common usage is now "I was like".

[rov1200]

"Absolutely" when Yes would have been more to the point.

[Stephen_G]

Jordan

[VINNY100_2]

Well, at the end of the day, it really bugs me when people are snobbish about the english language.
I often type "yer"(mainly to friends)cos thats the way we pronounce you round these parts.I know where your coming from but basically kids in london use innit all the time, you know what I mean.But I absolutely agree jordan is the most irritating..!.(:O)

[aniani]

Hence why

[naomi24]

Yes indeed, mallam. Hello again. :o)

[birdie1971]

Pretty much all of what's been said I agree with. Particularly when many of them are used together.

My two least favourites are the replacement of the word 'asked' with the word 'axed' and the unnecessary phrase, 'me personally'.

“Me personally I axed him where he'd been innit!”

[annie0000]

in spoken english, "obviously" and in written using the word "draw" when they mean "drawer"

[birdie1971]

How about people who say 'pacifically' when they mean 'specifically'?

This may be more a speech impediment thing though. So I won't judge because I used to have one of those. Pacifically it was my inability to say my 'R's properly. I always pronounced them as 'W's. Even now I have to take a 'mental run-up' before I pronounce the word 'warrior'. I still want to say 'wawior' because to me, that's easier to enunciate.

Don't quite know why I've just shared that...

No wowies.

[kinell]

(he/she is a) 'personal friend'

how lucky you are as i only have impersonal friends

[sp1814]

'Going forward', used in business-speak:

"Going foward, we should ensure that revenues meet expectations".

In that context, 'going forward' is just stupid. 'In future' works perfectly well. People have started using 'going forward' recently, and it has to stop.

Also, I hate all nouns which suddenly become verbs.

"We actioned the recommendations in the report". No you didn't...you carried out the recommendations.

But the worst offender is the word 'myself' when it's used instead of 'me'. That actually gets me shouting at the telly.

[Gromit]

..."it's PC gone mad"

(why can't I say coon if I want too, I've always called the darkies coons so I'm not letting the loony lefties tell me what I can say)

[zzxxee]

"i know exactley how you feel"
grrrrrrrrrrr no you dont !!!!!!

[Quinlad]

"You couldn't make it up!"

[anotheoldgit]

Wow I didn't know there were so many, I along with others will have to monitor our typing very carefully now in case we offend someone.