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‘Whatever’ Is Most Annoying Word
"Whatever" is officially the most annoying saying, according to a nationwide poll by Marist. Nearly half of Americans (47 percent) object to the saying, and even more Midwesterners (55 percent) dislike it. Only 19 percent of them feel the same way about "you know," which is the phrase that gets under 32 percent of Northeasterners' skin.
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Ritarita
I thought
Annoyance was
The whole reason for using it.
pricklypear
Whateva.
hfb1053
Whatever is totally annoying....totally!
AuntBarb
It's a way of being rudely dismissive.
The scariest thing is it being part of common usage, increasingly by adults.
I nominate 'but guess what" as second most annoying. And adults are already using that one ad nauseum.
Ritarita
I find myself
Being mildly annoyed
By the very vague
'And whatnot'.
maluminse
w e
elldeen
I noticed that this word comes up a lot when young women get into an argument or fight in pubic. "Yeah - whatever, whatever, whatever........."
Kricket
This is my United States of Whatever.
Warehouseone
I love that song!
I hate it more when people shorten it like whatev
SandraZ8122
My husband used to say it all the time to me when he was loosing the argument,"Whatever".
I wanted to smack him when he said it. I find it an annoying word. Like the person saying it just doesn't care and wants you to know about it, and by doing so is saying that whatever you are saying is not important.
So I find it a disrespectful word to say to someone, Whatever!
ThinkAgain
Whenever my wife is loosing an argument she ends it by saying "nevertheless" and walking off.
jolebo
The one that is even more annoying:" It is what it is". Of course it is what it is, what the f--k else would it be?
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n--Y--morecowbellCymatic
If you think so then you have to watch this piece by Taylor Mali on that phrase:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4
also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azu8XWcHzFM good but not quite as amazing.
hfb1053
that youtube vid totally rocks, like you know, it was meant for us to get it or whatever!
Cymatic
What makes it so annoying is that it will be used in any argument any time by those who actually feel it is a rebuttal of sorts.
"It takes a year for the Earth to revolve around the Sun, not a month."
Response: "Whatever..."
In other words - I don't know, I don't care and I'm too lazy to make an actual argument.
drevilo
Cymatic:
I agree with our example those two annoying words, and why use. I also can't stand, "but it OK." ...........Best
Genni2002
Whatever, major losers!!!! (w/ eyes rolling for full effect)...a surefire cutting off, demonstrative - I ignore everything you are saying - word. Talk to the hand if you can't take it.
Carole65
What I find even more annoying is the expression "he's like/she's like" substituted for the word "said".
amanda07070
I was getting a manicure a few months ago and two 20-somethings were waiting for their nails to dry. I counted 75 "like" insertions during their conversation (ie: "Like, I like went to meet him and, like, he, like started talking on his cell phone and I was, like, hey!). Sadly, this is not an exaggeration.
By far, "like" has to be my most annoying word.
DeliaK
We've discussed our lack of civility and this is just another sign of it. Even our language is devolving. People have forgotten how to spell and are so busy we use acronyms for everything. One of the biggest problems I see is a total disregard for the correct usage of "your" and "you're". Did they quit teaching english and grammar in school or is this a result of "no child left behind"?
miguel53pt
Two words/expressions I hate: colleague and you know.
"You now" I blame my hate for this expression on a "colleague". He pointed out a mutual "colleague" of ours and how much that "colleague" used, you know, "you know". Now every time I talk with the other "colleague", you know, the number of times he says "you know" drives me bazonkers. You know ?
I can't get work done when I talk to the second "colleague" because of "you know" and reminders of my built-up hatred for the first colleague for pointing "you know" out to me in the first place.
Mauiboy
Our politicians always say "With all due respects..." before they pummel their opponents. That's what annoys me.
DeliaK
The best word for politicians in the past few years has been "robust". Now, of course it's, the phrase "...worse we've seen since the Great Depression".
ThinkAgain
How about "bottomline" or "truth be told"? What follows is usually neither
SimplyOlivia
I love using "with all due respect" before pummeling a moron. It can be effectively disarming.
Genni2002
Maui..and the more they hate the other guy, the nicer are the things they say about him...through gritted teeth!
My esteeeeeeeeeeemmmeeed 'colleague' (thought you would like that one miguel) from the greeeaaat state of blahblahblah...
ThinkAgain
It irritates me when reporters start with "I can tell you this". Doesn't that go without saying?
SimplyOlivia
There are so many words/phrases that annoy me ... It's all good, Get your (fill in the blank) on and the use of "uber," anytime for any reason. I could go on, but whatever.
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