What words/phrases would you like to be extinguished from the English language forever?

[Danny Dix]

You know........stuff that is waaay over-used in social circles, in the media or by your monster-inlaw so much it grates on your teeth every time you hear it.

Here are my favourites: (grrrr)



......And everything like that......

Closure

Post 911

....and all that sort of thing..........

Aaagh!

Got some more?
The one that sounds most like fingernails on a blackboard gets the ten points.

[Luckyparent902]

God
Jesus
Bible
Repent

[Annoyingstage850]

All the texting and computer slang:

LOL
LMAO
WTF/WTH
TTYL
CUL8R
IDK

etc.....

[Eduardo]

Give Mannie not 10 but 50 points. I hate those!
I also hate:
a) Issue, as in "she has issues with..." people don't have problems anymore?
b) Dilemma, when people simply don't know what to DO, not which one to CHOOSE.
c) Misuse of "Passive-Aggressive"; a lot of people use it the wrong way.

[Matthew]

excuses......then evry1 wud stop giving them

[adian]

"He/She is (you are) a loser". I can't find any other expression as demeaning as that one. And friends, do we like to use that phrase!

[tamyprincipessa]

lol
should shoot anyone who says it

[Wayne T]

Son of a b---- . Nobody's mother is a dog, regardless of what she does or how she looks.

[missy b]

The word "NO"....I only want to be told yes....more....yes....more......