Jack Flash
SWCA Member
The long version is below. The 5 Most Annoying Words, per Marist College are:
Whatever
Fake News
No offense, but ...
Literally
You know what I mean ...
These are just not that annoying to me.
Sometimes you just need to say "whatever" to end a meaningless conversation. (Just watch, some real wise guy will post that word in this thread!
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"Fake News" is probably hated most by the journalists who practice it on a daily basis.
"No offense, but ..." does seem a little like weasel words, but I use it sometimes when contradicting someone on the internet. What else could you say? "Not trying to start a fight but ..." ?
I'll bet the great minds of this Forum can come up with a better Five Most Annoying Words List.
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The shoulder-shrugging reply “Whatever” continues to annoy Americans more than other words or phrases, but “fake news” is coming on strong.
The annual Marist College poll of most annoying words and phrases found “whatever” topping the list for the ninth straight year. It was the pick of one-third of poll respondents, who were given five choices.
The recent addition “fake news” was slightly ahead of “no offense, but” for second place, 23 percent to 20 percent. About one in 10 found “literally” to be most grating, as did a similar number for “you know what I mean.”
The telephone survey of 1,074 adults conducted Nov. 6-9 has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Whatever
Fake News
No offense, but ...
Literally
You know what I mean ...
These are just not that annoying to me.
Sometimes you just need to say "whatever" to end a meaningless conversation. (Just watch, some real wise guy will post that word in this thread!
)"Fake News" is probably hated most by the journalists who practice it on a daily basis.
"No offense, but ..." does seem a little like weasel words, but I use it sometimes when contradicting someone on the internet. What else could you say? "Not trying to start a fight but ..." ?
I'll bet the great minds of this Forum can come up with a better Five Most Annoying Words List.
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The shoulder-shrugging reply “Whatever” continues to annoy Americans more than other words or phrases, but “fake news” is coming on strong.
The annual Marist College poll of most annoying words and phrases found “whatever” topping the list for the ninth straight year. It was the pick of one-third of poll respondents, who were given five choices.
The recent addition “fake news” was slightly ahead of “no offense, but” for second place, 23 percent to 20 percent. About one in 10 found “literally” to be most grating, as did a similar number for “you know what I mean.”
The telephone survey of 1,074 adults conducted Nov. 6-9 has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
