Words Or Phrases That Make You Cringe

[TSCURIOUS]

"You know what I mean?" Over and over again!

[altstu2]

When I mod I hate to see "I'm straight but I would totally fuck you"

[Dino Velvet]

"You know what I mean?" Over and over again!

Or "know what ahm sayin'?" to end and begin every sentence. Kind of like push-starting a car that doesn't work too often.

I think people use expressions like that when they are certain people are ignoring them. Sometimes they wave their hands around to the point of causing a draft. The charade isn't very effective either.

[rodinuk]

"going forward"

"getting people engaged"

and habitual use of the f-word and c-word in everyday conversation where it's neither necessary or effective.

[rodinuk]

"You know what I mean?" Over and over again!

or the contracted form "you know" .... I attended a lecture lasting about an hour and a half and after a few minutes started counting the repetitions - he was doing 75 y.p.h. (youknows per hour)

[SammiValentine]

Or "know what ahm sayin'?" to end and begin every sentence. Kind of like push-starting a car that doesn't work too often.

I think people use expressions like that when they are certain people are ignoring them. Sometimes they wave their hands around to the point of causing a draft. The charade isn't very effective either.

[EZWind]

"You know what I mean?" Over and over again!

I know what you mean....unless accompanied by wink wink nudge nudge...then it's OK

[EZWind]

"going forward"

Yes! Along with at the end of the day, that one is hella overused...if I may use another that used to cringe me out but is in not as prevalent usage lately
...there used to be guy in the White House that said new-kew-ler for nuclear all the time that was fingernails on the blackboard for me
...my favorite these days is a whole nother instead of another whole....don't know why but it bugs the shit outta me

[Stavros]

1) Words: Absolutely.
I would like to know when the word Absolutely became a substitute for 'yes' and I am sick of hearing it on the radio and on tv when someone is asked a question and instead of saying yes, no, I do not know, say 'Absolutely!' as if this meant something.

2) Phrases: In terms of...Another phrase that people use when they ought to be saying something else. Instead of saying 'I think this is the right policy because it is cost effective and will produce results' they say 'In terms of our strategy to reduce unemployment..etc'. 'In terms of our strategy' means nothing. 'In terms of' can only mean something if those terms are known. 'I have a policy to reduce unemployment through financial investment in new products, the re-skilling of employees to make those products, and contracts with buyers for those products in markets in China. In terms of commercial viability, I believe this strategy will work.'.

Thank you and goodnight. And thanks for staying in the zone.

[broncofan]

I don't know if it's common but someone I knew who used to always say, "It's all relative" when the phrase didn't apply. He would just say that when something was too complex for him to articulate. I felt like saying, "Is it Mr. Einstein?".