An overused word or phrase that sends you over the edge?

This discussion is awesome! My computer is awesome and so is the sunset. Oh did I mention my hubby is awesome and the cats are awesome too. I hate the word awesome. It is so overused and not very often do I find anything really awesome.

I cannot stand the whatever!! phrase. It drives me totally crazy. I just want to reach out and smack whoever says it. It sounds so disrespectful and uncaring.

Mine is lol in emails and other abbreviations.I can understand if you are texting someone and you don't have enough room, but here where you can and should write everything out why use it?Maybe I am too old to understand. I prefer the best English you can write. It is sad when I can understand posts written by people learning English as a second or even third language better than posts written by English speaking Americans.

I have a few that drive me batty...."awesome" Oh, that is so Awesome. Yuk...Then there's the famous.."you know?" or "You know what I mean?" Uh, no...I don't know what you mean. LOL Have you ever notice that some people put a "you know" after every few words?

The one that sticks out in my mind is "Don't have a cow!" I always hated that saying they would really be shocked if I just had a cow because they said that...darn kids. LOL. -Amber

I have one i always says "crap"! like when im mad or very happy! it becomes a habit i guess. like i used it even if its not appropriate at all!

Yes, there is one word that I wish would be retired in the context it is frequently used. It's 'sweet.' Something unusual happens, and it's sweet. Something good happens, and it's sweet. No, no! Sugar is sweet, not scoring a basketball goal, LOL.

I'm with Pyewacket on this one hun, awesome *runs screaming*

BASICALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, what an AWESOME idea for a discussion. It's just, YOU KNOW, so HOT! So, LIKE, YOU KNOW, you BASICALLY don't like the way I talk? Well, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER... Seriously, this was a good idea for a discussion. All of the above have long driven me crazy, along with some others here I see! On "Beat the Press" on Dan Abrams Live on MSNBC the other night they showed a clip from Star Jones new show where she said "basically" about 20 times. I think some people don't really realize how often they say something and I know personally I would like to have it pointed out to me if I were doing it. YOU KNOW, sometimes we LIKE don't know we're doing it...LOL!!! (I had to add that one! LOL is one I do sometimes use online but I generally don't like to use those abbreviations, I guess I'm just too old! I could've used alot of those annoying words in that last sentence too, couldn't I? Annie

OH, my kids use "Whatever" all the time. This drives me bonkers. What's worse... my 3 year old picked it up, and now uses it! ARRRRRRGGH!!! I now know how my parents felt when we would imitate Steve Martin's "EXCUUUUUUUSE ME!"

I don't know why, but I hate the phrase Pet Peeve. Weird, huh?!

Oh sure....that is the phrase that gives me the willies! Oh sure....oh sure. Why not just answer yes? LOL

The current expression that sends me over the edge is: "We'll see." I often ask my hubby about something and that's one of his standard answers he he he...I LOVE planning ahead of time, so that's one thing that bugs me, but I'm learning to get used to it and I'm learning to be more spontaneous that way, too he he he...

here is a couple sweet divine nice awesome

I agree with you there, 'hot' being the most overused, profaned word these days. I would like to add 'cool' and 'awesome' that are used indiscriminately and foolishly these days. About my pet peeve? may be my friends will able to tell you. Me personally think, I hardly have any pet words that i use for anything and everything.

"Hot" is not a word I hear much, or feel the need to use...thank goodness, I would hate that. "Cool" is a word I'm familiar and comfortable with. An expression I absolutely detest is "OMG!!" both the words and the letters. I know it sounds prudish of me but this sounds really blasphemous, especially coming out of the mouth of young girls/women. I think this is terribly over the top and over used.

Remember when it was "valley girls" days and everything was like totally! I hated that and I am glad that we don't hear that much anymore. One of the newer ones is whatever. My kids like to use that when I am mad at them and yelling and it drives me crazy!!

i would have to say whatever,you know what i mean,and the last one would be as well.i hear that so much and it just irritates me sometimes.