Irksome Phrases

[Wezil]

Those phrases you encounter everyday that make your brain hurt.

I'll kick it off with -

"Game changer"

Unless you are actually referring to a game please give it a rest.

[Wezil]

No one?

"I could care less"

When they mean the opposite.

[Ming]

No offense, but...

[SlowwHand]

Just saying

[Wezil]

"Irregardless"

[Uncle Sparky]

'I'm not a racist (sexist, homophobe), but...'

[EPW]

"I'll kick it off with"

[EPW]

"God Bless America" and its variations

[BeBMan]

I like it when ppl "putting out fires (everywhere)" -- when solving issues in their daily office jobs. Adds a way more heroic touch to everything

[Egbert]

"At this point in time" = now

"Make you way to" = go to

[Wezil]

"At this point in time" = now

It is also redundant.

"At this time" or "At this point" but not both.

[EPW]

"their stories are so powerful", "his story had a powerful impact on me", etc.

Overused especially by women activists being interviewed on the radio. the word powerful should refer to actual physical power.

[giblets]

This thread is a real game changer

[Wezil]

I will hunt you down and kill you.

That will be a game changer.

[Uncle Sparky]

Before reading this thread, I way playing CIV6, and I'm now playing Patrician 4.

[ZEE]

"The fact that..."

Overused in an argument or debate.

[Egbert]

"As a point of a matter of actual fact ....blah blah "

[BeBMan]

I never understood what it means to be a steakholder... *runs