Annoying Phrases
 

Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of the top 10 most annoying phrases. Agree? Disagree? Which, if any, do you use?!

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally *
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

* wonderfully described by John Humphries as "the linguistic equivalent of having chips with rice"

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I say about 4 of those :o

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Guilty as charged....





















Not the phrase.... just at this time I personally dont think I am fairly uniquie in that at the end of the day I am guilty of using most of those phrases on the list.

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I'm surprised that
"yeah yeah - whatever" isn't in that top 10.

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Hubby uses "at the end of the day" a lot - they take the p*** out of him at work now - think he's trying to delete it from his vocab, but it's not that easy when something seems so ingrained, is it? :lol:

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AT the end of the day and with all due respect I personally absolutely find 'perfect' annoying. Its a nightmare that its not on the list, but then it is very much a british list and therefore fairly unique.

Gryph

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For sure

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^^

What she said especially when spoken by Steve McLaren in a fake Dutch accent!!:eek:

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I use all but 8 and 9 :o:o

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Well, Brian, At the end of the day, I personally find it fairly unique at this moment in time. With all due respect it's been absolutely a nightmare. Shouldn't of thought training 24/7 was any use. I just 'it it with me boot. And it's in the back of the net, Brian, innit? It's not rocket science.

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Shame on you;)

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Not sure what's wrong with absolutely.

What happened to "you know...." or "like...." or "doing my head in"
:)

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As a fully qualified rocket scientist the final one in the list means something is difficult, as rocket science is easy. I prefer "It's not organic chemistry" myself.

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well you know like, this thread is kinda doin' my head in a bit like , you know, know what I mean like,
well, anyways . whatever , at the end of the day
AM I BOTHERED ?

lol - God it's bloody awful isn't it ?

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The worst ever is "thinking outside the box" :thumbdown: