“Are we having fun yet?” Usually uttered by a coworker when you’re in the middle of doing something so unpleasant you’d rather be off somewhere having a double mastectomy (or being castrated if you happen to be a man).
I agree. I’ll add the word “totally” to that. Either as a stand-alone expression or especially when coupled with the word, “awesome”
- Wasn’t that a great movie? – Yeah. Totally.*
Or - That movie was totally awesome! – Oh totally! Awesome! *
That irks me. There was one exception where I laughed at it’s use. It was Eddy Murphy as that goofy twin in the movie “Bowfinger”. In one scene, as the girl takes off her shirt, he looks at her and gets this stupid grin on his face, then looks at the director (Steve Martin ) and says, “Aawwwsoooome”. Then he looks back at the actress and says, “You’re gonna be a star.” I thought it was quite hilarious.
“Big Time”
- So, did we close that contract Bob? --Oh yeah…big time. *
“Doable”
I know it really is a legitimate word, but I can’t help but hate its over-use in my workplace.
- How does this project plan work for you Mr. Client? – That’s sounds doable Mr. enigma… * GAH!!! That’s not the word here people!!! How about, *feasible, reasonable, agreeable, equitable, fine, workable, excellent, splendid… * groan
Marley23, forgive me if you intentionally stated it that way for emphasis, in which case I like your humor and you can disregard the rest of this paragrah. I’ve usually heard it as “For all intents and purposes” which makes much more sense when used in context. Either way you look at it, they are both agitating IMO.
Sorry, I have must have contracted RIS today. (Rushed Italic Syndrome).
“Dialogue” when used as a verb.
I know it can be used as a verb. But when someone says “Well, why don’t we meet for coffee and we can dialogue about that?” I want to jab my pen in his/her eye.
Yes, I know it’s irrational.
Which is why some people choose to use this as a tool when arguing. They know it will drive the recipient insane.
To me, it’s a great challenge of your self control, if you can effectively derail their feeble attempt with utter logic and not allow it to cause even the slightest rise in blood pressure, You win! 
Right, but a lot of people use “knock yourself out” when they aren’t really meaning to be so, they’re just using a “trendy” phrase.
My former boyfriend used to do this all the time meaning it to just be casual, I used to knock him upside the HEAD
(that’s not why he’s a “former” though).
No, that sounds like a completely rational response to me! I don’t get that one at work, but I have gotten “incent” as a verbal form of incentive.
“For all intents and purposes” is correct. It’s a cliche, so it’s got that working against it, but at least it makes sense. Sometimes people mangle it into “for all intesive purposes,” and it becomes much more annoying. Probably because it’s a clue the person doesn’t understand the words he’s using.
It’s not actually an expression, but I’m really sick of “cow-orker.” It’s not funny and probably never was. Maybe it was mildly amusing. But when something mildly funny becomes insanely popular, it crosses over into the land of irritating and it just gets worse and worse.
“Are we having fun yet?” is one that brings to the surface my primal urge to kill. Other work-related ones hat get me are “Don’t work too hard!” , and “Are you working hard, or hardly working?” Yeah, that’s a real knee-slapper :rolleyes: .
ASAP is bad enough in any form, but if I were czar, though the expression would be reluctantly allowed, pronouncing it as a word (i.e., AY-sap) instead of pronouncing each individual letter would be a capital offense.
That’s not half as bad as “incentivize.”
In an ideal world, a legal response to “Working hard or hardly working?” would be to wrap both hands around the idiot’s neck and ask, “Breathing hard or hardly breathing?”
Sorry, Canvas, nothing personal, but that one’s my peeve. It’s an annoying expression that seemed to come from the Friends pool of slang.
And I also hate “like” to string words together. In high school I had this great English teacher who, anytime someone used “like” improperly, would say, “It’s not ‘like’ anything.” That really broke me of the habit and made me notice when others said it.