Expressions you cannot stand

[Anonymous]

"out of pocket"

as in

"I have a conference in Baltimore all day tomorrow so I"ll basically be out of pocket until Wednesday."

UGH.

[Anonymous]

improper use of the word outlier

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Not an expression but this: "incentivize." Not a word.

um, it is a word. what bothers me is people who instead use "incent" as if that is a real verb.

the history of incentivize - http://interestingdiscussions.blogspot.com/2009/02/incentivize.html

became a word in the 70s . . .

[Anonymous]

Irregardless makes my skin crawl.

[Anonymous]

It's a mute point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a mute point.

?

Are they making the error, and calling it a "mute point" instead of a "moot point", and that is your pet peeve?

Or,

Do you just not like it when people say "It's a moot point," and you jsut happened to misspell this?

?

[Anonymous]

That whole "Really? Seriously? thing." I hate those. Even more, I hate it when I say them--it's like stepping into quicksand, before you know it out it pops.

[Anonymous]

" 7 AM in the morning"

I know it's in the morning, that's what the A.M. part is for. It wouldn't be 7 AM in the afternoon!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a mute point.

?

Are they making the error, and calling it a "mute point" instead of a "moot point", and that is your pet peeve?

Or,

Do you just not like it when people say "It's a moot point," and you jsut happened to misspell this?

?

Right, because that's called a typo, not an "expression you cannot stand."

[Anonymous]

When people use a percentage greater than 100% where it is meaningless. For example:

I gave it 110% effort.

You might as well say 150% or 8000%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:stakeholders

Do you also dislike 'shareholders'?

[Anonymous]

I hate "+ 1 million" and the like. It's stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally when used improperly...which seems to be too often.

Couldn't agree more. Literally, it makes my head explode.

I hate irony.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those dumbass abbreviations that people started using about a decade ago - POTUS, SCOTUS.

Those have been around a lot longer than a decade ago. Maybe you just moved to D.C. a decade ago and discovered them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally when used improperly...which seems to be too often.

Couldn't agree more. Literally, it makes my head explode.

I hate irony.

Like rain on your wedding day?