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Technorati Tags: Humor<\/a>,irritating phrases<\/a><\/div>\n

Ain’t life grand?\u00a0 I laughed this week while reading an article about irritating phrases<\/a>.\u00a0 It seems researchers at Oxford compile a database of words and phrases, monitoring usages and practices.\u00a0 This list appears in a book called Damp Squid<\/em> by Jeremy Butterfield.\u00a0 I haven’t read the book but I found the list worth a comment.\u00a0 Hopefully they won’t mind if I give you this list since you can find it in the link above.<\/p>\n

The top ten most irritating phrases:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. At the end of the day<\/li>\n
  2. Fairly unique<\/li>\n
  3. I personally<\/li>\n
  4. At this moment in time<\/li>\n
  5. With all due respect<\/li>\n
  6. Absolutely<\/li>\n
  7. It’s a nightmare<\/li>\n
  8. Shouldn’t of<\/li>\n
  9. 24\/7<\/li>\n
  10. It’s not rocket science<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I didn’t get to vote on this list.\u00a0 You probably didn’t, either.\u00a0 Some are irritating to me and some not.\u00a0 Our pop culture and rapid distribution of ‘cute’ has often led to even the best of words becoming overused to the max.\u00a0 (Why didn’t ‘to the max’ make the list)?\u00a0 Who determines the irritancy factor?\u00a0 I suppose the English have the right since they invented the language in the first place, and I know in general they think we have utterly slaughtered their language.\u00a0 Since my roots are in West Texas, I believe I take that ‘slaughtering’ to another dimension.\u00a0\u00a0 They likely could write an entire chapter or more on me alone.<\/p>\n

    While musing on the list, I was suddenly inspired to try and use them all in one, explosive sentence of irritation.\u00a0 Enjoy:<\/p>\n

    With all due respect to the authors of this article, at the end of the day, this fairly unique list is an absolutely fabulous list which shouldn’t of been denigrated even if it’s not rocket science to use the phrases in our 24\/7 life-style and I personally, at this moment in time, think it’s a nightmare situation for this belittled list of expressions.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    Blessings to all.<\/p>\n

    jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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